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One of the first things you'll be taught in an advanced driving course is that there is no such thing as a blind spot. It is a concept dreamt up by people that use their mirrors to check if their own car is still there. It usually is. If not, you'd likely notice.
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This is just about the stupidest thing I've ever heard. |
If you set your mirrors correctly there's no blind spot. Most set their mirrors incorrectly where they can see their own car rather than others cars. |
There is not such thing as "no blind spot" in a moving vehicle, as the Blind Spot/Field of View is constantly changing, when a vehicle is in motion, encountering various obstacles, at different angles.
Depending on the size and make up of a vehicle, one car's blind spot might be more severe than another but it's naive to assume they don't exist or a properly adjusted mirror would completely eliminate it and that's the kind of overconfidence that can lead to accidents. |
The field of view cannnot change. It is not a variable for a specified vehicle. It is based on the vehicle design.
Each mirror has a specified field of view that cannot change. We adjust mirrors and seating position to maximaze the field of view.
What is changing when driving are conditions on the road and landscape. This is the information received by looking through windows and mirrors.
I hope nobody relies on BSM.
If you are positioned correctly in your seat with properly adjusted mirrors, and check both mirrors AND look over your shoulder before initiating/signaling a turn you will complete the visual check. |
Maybe I'm doing something wrong then but there are instances where if I'm switching unto a lane, at the same time as someone else from an outer lane and almost collided with them because they where out of my field of view, due to the changing course and mirror angle  :
Or not related to the mirrors, the A-pillar can be a huge blockage, when making a turn..
I will agree that properly adjusted mirrors works very well, almost eliminating most blind spots but to say all, is a stretch, in my humble opinion.
Knock on wood, I was never involved in a related accident because most of all, I use situation awareness, at all times and it has never fail me, in all aspects of my life. |
That scenario of simultaneous turn initiation happens often but the driver that is behind should allow the driver in front to complete the maneuver and assume that the driver in front may not be able to see what is exactly going on behind them as his vehicle changes position on the road and rechecks mirrors to get current information. Unfortunatelly, many drivers decide to accelarate and block the driver in front to complete the maneuver putting both in danger. Without specific details it is hard to completely analyze the situation.
Speaking of A pillar that is a known blind spot but it is very small and impacts driving in cities with large vehicles that can block a view of a pedestrian crossing the street as an exmple.