Beg to differ it's entirely due to risk of lawsuits and CYA mentality. Nobody reads the notice those that do don't know why it's there and really don't know why it's not on the driver's side. It's clearly just so an idiot that crosses into another lane hits a car can't say that he thought the car was farther away and blame the car maker. It doesn't serve a helpful purpose from a driving safety or the other 190 countries would follow suit. One more bit of red tape that doesn't help the situation as a whole.

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2011 E70 • N55 (me)
2012 E70 • N63 (wife)