Mounting them high on the pillars has two issues.
They are visible and this might tempt a thief.
AND FAR MORE IMPORTANTLY it is likely ILLEGAL in many jurisdictions, not as an "obstruction to vision", but because in a collision it can easily become a
LETHAL projectile.
You think that maglight mounted to your A-pillar is gonna stay there
if you get rearended?
I can easily see you hitting someone who runs a traffic light or stop sign and getting that maglight in your face at high speed.
No thank you.
If you MUST mount a flashlight to the "A" pillar MAG Industries sells clip brackets for the
minimag flashlights.
And while I still wouldn't want to get hit in the face by a minimag at 50mph I doubt a mini mag will be lethal.
a three D-cell Maglight? Oh yeah, that can easily become a lethal projectile.
Mount it to the floor somewhere.
Getting hit in the shin or ankle isn't gonna kill you.
and before you disagree with my thought that a maglight could kill?
I KNOW someone who died in a minor accident when the rear view mirror
detached from the windshield in a collision and hit them in the head... just right...
the accident wasn't even bad enough to pop the airbags...
And as another note I've finished off a deer that I hit with my truck by wacking
it on the head with a maglight, I broke it's skull, and my swing was nowhere near
as fast as one would be moving in any kind of collision.
AD
