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If you can see through an overly wide and poorly placed B pillar, more power to you. It's been my experience that the majority of drivers can't. And not all ca
by ethbro 10y ago
If you can see through an overly wide and poorly placed B pillar, more power to you.
It's been my experience that the majority of drivers can't. And not all cars are well designed with regards to visibility.
- mikeash 10y agoLean forward so you can see around it. If you can't position your head so that you can view your blind spot (possibly with the aid of mirrors) then you can't drive safely and need to adjust your seat or get a new car.
- ethbro 10y agoThe problem isn't sample size 1 (e.g. you, me, or any individual HN reader). It's "drivers" in aggregate. My doing anything isn't going to prevent the 800k+ blind spot accidents or ~300 blind spot fatalities in the US annually. My point is mandating an awareness aid that it's now economical to produce might.
- mikeash 10y agoI didn't realize you were talking about the aggregate. With statements like "If you can see through an overly wide and poorly placed B pillar, more power to you" and "not all cars are well designed with regards to visibility" I thought you were trying to say that my strategy cannot work in general, not merely that people won't bother.