mambas are long snakes, up to around 14 foot, and being a tree snake aswell they are more than capable of raising the front half of their body off the ground(a king cobra amd most ground dwelling snakes can only do maybe a third, usually less other than with cobras).....easy enough for a large mamba to rear up enough and nail someone in an open topped/sided vehicle....
A serious student of the "Armchair Safari" always looking for Africa/Asia hunting books
