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4x4's and dangerous blind spots

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MrTFWitt:
More ranting at Reuters slating 4x4's for having A-pillar blind spots.  I suggest the researchers should have a closer look at the outgoing Ford Galaxy and its derivatives too.  You could hide a transit in that blind spot.

They make no mention of the elevated driving position giving better visibility of the road ahead either.  
If theres a missed opportunity to have a poke a people driving with blind spots why not take on all the people with an after-market Sat Nav stuck to the windscreen in the primary swept area ?

Has it always been like this for 4x4 owners ?

Eeyore:
And don't forget that 4x4 generally have larger wing mirrors than cars. More vertical windscreens reduce blind spots too.

Deary me, Reuters really don't do their homework, do they  :roll:

cheers
 8)
Eeyore

muddyjames:
and you can easily hide a car in the blind spot in a corsa van behind that a pilar and wing mirror.

Why cqnt they get on with slating something worth while instead of us lot with cars we use as hobies and for most of us use to do the work they were designed for eg off road and towing.

gtomo2:
oh well no chance in my truck then as the mirrors can hide both lanes of a roundabout and if a small car is infront of me i cant see it. plus you can hide a transit van in the passengerside blind spot. but at the end of the day all cars have blind spots think its just another lets pick on the 4x4 owners again :roll:

Range Rover Blues:
The big blind spot is right in front of mine, I know this because it's like the thing is ******* invisible, no-one sees it coming.

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