Scotty_Doesn't_Know said:
Um, there is no argument here as there is no blind spot a pedestrian can disappear completely into without me knowing. Unless of course they use some sort of magical disappearing spell or something. Last time I checked most things outside the car were larger than ANY a-pillar.
I don't get it, is it because I also ride a motorbike that makes my situational awareness so much better than everyone else's?
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Remind me not to walk anywhere in Canberra while this guy is on the road....:rip:
That someone can be so stubbornly dismissive of the reality of blind spots is quite terrifying. Thinking you can see everything around your car, no matter what you are driving, is far more dangerous than not actually being able to see everything around your car. If you understand that there are things and places that you may not be able to see, you are far more likely to make appropriate cautious allowances for them than if you assume that if you can't see it, then it isn't there.
You may not have killed anyone yet, Scotty, but with that attitude it will be a miracle if you never do.
Right now, hold your hand two inches in front of your face. It will block out most of your monitor (Or do you have some sort of super monitor that no hand can possibly block?). Now unless you are using a Commodore 64 SX with its tiny little 4-inch screen built in, your hand is smaller than your monitor, yet it blocked it out. Your A-pillar can definately block out objects which are actually bigger than the A-pillar, without requiring the magical disappearing spell. Believe otherwise at the peril of all around you.