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4x4's and dangerous blind spots

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hobbit:
If you have ever driven a vauxhall Meriva or Zafira, these are great examples on what they are on about, the front pillars on these are horrendous, and you really have to look round them its so easy to miss something on the road

4x4's?  I find that they are much better than most vehicles

V8MoneyPit:
And what about that simple thing called 'looking'? When will they suggest that blind spots just mean that drivers have to work a little harder to observe the road?

I say it time and time again, vehicles are inanimate objects and as such are never dangerous in their own right. They only become dangerous when you put a driver behind the wheel.

Of course, cars should be designed ergonomically. They are, after all, simply to get humans and all their clutter from A to B. The less obstruction to vision that is designed into a vehicle, the less chance of the idiot behind the wheel not seeing the motorcyle, etc. But if the person behind the wheel wasn't an idiot in the first place, it wouldn't be an issue.

...... Take deep breath..... and calm.......  :roll:  :lol:

SixPot:
I heard this on radio 1 thismorning. Have already put a complaint into BBC complaints department for putting out this rubbish. I've requested that they provide me with a reply

this is what I sent to them



--- Quote ---I was appalled today at the emotive story regarding the blind spot caused by A pillars. The language used inferred that 4x4 were much worse than ordinary cars, saying that you could not see a whole group of children. In my opinion this language only adds more hype to the anti 4x4 campaign that is continually put forward by the media.
I understand that time is limited in bulletins but I feel the story was particularly lacking in fact and grouped 4x4 as a single type of car rather than individual models. I compared my own car which is a volvo v50 to various 4x4 while on the m4 today and realised that the a pillar in my car is larger (and hence more restrictive to view) than a Land Rover defender, Toyota Rav 4, Discovery 2. So which 4x4 were the worst offenders? As for not being able to see a group of children, perhaps this statement should have been qualified. When on the inside lane of the motorway in my car (Volvo v50) the A pillars restrict the view so much so that the blind spot engulfs a ford mondeo in the outside lane or a VW polo in the middle lane. How does this compare to a group of children?

I would be interested if you could provide the details of the report used to run the story and hope you would share more of these in future rather than pandering to a growing movement fuelled by a vocal minority aimed at restricting other peoples choices.


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Henry Webster:
Another thread on this here http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?p=294853#294853

I've put my thoughts on their - very disappointing.

H

bezzabsa:

--- Quote from: "hobbit" ---If you have ever driven a vauxhall Meriva or Zafira, these are great examples on what they are on about, the front pillars on these are horrendous, and you really have to look round them its so easy to miss something on the road

4x4's?  I find that they are much better than most vehicles
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yes i can agree with that - we had a zafira for 12 months and the blind spots were terible! also the Volkswagon Touran - by contrast the 110 is like being in a bubble - good all round visability.
and i agree with trucks having HUGE blind spots - especially the 4 series scania - like i drive , a pillars on that are terrible on islands

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