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Playing the legal card here isn't helpful.

My main intent is to play the safety card.

As anyone
who's flown in the haze can attest, the visibility of 2.9 miles vs. 3.1
miles is not
something that is easily determined in flight.

Todd's estimate was 2-3 miles, not 2.9. More importantly, his description of
his view corresponds to 1-2 miles (or even less).

Remember that it's also very possibly to legally fly under VFR in legal
VMC and
still require instruments to control the aircraft (night, OTT with
strange clouds below, etc)

Sure, but under those conditions you still have adequate visibility to see
and avoid other aircraft. That's precisely what's different in the situation
under discussion.

--Gary