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Not only are right turns safe, but they are safer than left turns, because the A column can more easily block pedestrians crossing a street parallel to the cars
by googlryas 8y ago
Not only are right turns safe, but they are safer than left turns, because the A column can more easily block pedestrians crossing a street parallel to the cars motion before the turn. And so a single right turn is safer than a single left turn, and this proposed law is going to make people perhaps do 3x as many left turns as they would have right turns.
- chrisseaton 8y agoWhat's an 'A column' on a traffic junction? And why would pedestrians be crossing if the traffic is moving?
- abcanthur 8y agoThe A column is the structure of the car between the windshield and the driver and passenger windows. The B Columns are subsequently the structure between the first and second row of seats (I think).
- blattimwind 8y agoThe A, B, C and D columns are counted front to back. No magic ;) Notably the thick and angled A columns of modern cars create fairly large blind spots to the front left and right, while wide B columns are problematic for larger drivers, since the B column blocks visibility over the shoulder.
- chrisseaton 8y ago> No magic ;) Well you need to know that they refer to columns in the car's body in the first place.
- sokoloff 8y agoExactly. I'm a "car guy" and didn't connect "A column" to a car part. "A pillar" I'd have understood immediately.
- mberning 8y agoAlso commonly known as “a pillar”.
- googlryas 8y agoSorry, it is the support beam between the body and the roof of the car that is closest to the driver.