So that people can see over cars in front of them. Periscopes will retractable through the sun-roof.
-- VJW, Feb 21 2011

[Wrongfellow], why would you want to do something simpler? Next you'll be wanting cheaper and more reliable! Add-on_20pseudo_20SUV_20kit
[normzone, Feb 21 2011]

FLIX: Forward Looking Ionizing X-ray. X-ray through the giant SUV (and its occupants)!
-- DIYMatt, Feb 21 2011


21, explain.
-- VJW, Feb 21 2011


Yeah, I don't see how any of the standard m-f-d reasons apply here.

Actually I nearly posted this the other day, as a simpler version of the "Add-on pseudo SUV kit", so [+] from me.
-- Wrongfellow, Feb 21 2011


Ah, OK, I'll agree with "redundant"...
-- Wrongfellow, Feb 21 2011


But why is Will retractable? Oh, I see. He's a grower, not a shower...
-- RayfordSteele, Feb 21 2011


...old as the hills...
-- xandram, Feb 22 2011


So, how about just a small alteration to the post? The periscope goes down instead of up, for people who suffer from vertigo but who ended up buying an SUV by mistake?
-- not_morrison_rm, Feb 22 2011


Thought this was "Cats with periscopes". Would provide an alternative to the tail from which to sling kitty.
-- daseva, Feb 22 2011


[+]

I posted some time ago (many years ago, that is, cannot find it now) an idea to have cameras on drones or balloons that zoom in upon the subscriber's request. You'd need only one drone for every 1000 cars or so, so it wouldn't be that expensive. At least not the high-availability subscription plan.
-- pashute, Apr 20 2023



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