When I did driver’s ed they actually got a semi cab and had us all sit in it so we could see exactly how the blind spots work, even with fish eye mirrors. The cab is so high up you’d have to crane your neck to see most cars down there.
They certainly help but not all trucks have them, at that point you’re dealing with 3 different mirrors on each side between the fisheye, regular, and separate overhead mirror, and there are still little spots that are hard to keep an eye on. Stack that on top of drivers doing the same monotonous task for 10+ hours a day and you’re really better off just staying out of their blind spots as best you can
I saw a video where they had someone sit in the driver’s seat in the middle of a parking lot, while assistants marked out the perimeter of what they could see in the mirrors. I think every driver’s ed class should do this, to show how big and how close the blindspots actually are.
My first thought “how can right outside his window be a blind spot?” Can’t he just look out the window?
When I did driver’s ed they actually got a semi cab and had us all sit in it so we could see exactly how the blind spots work, even with fish eye mirrors. The cab is so high up you’d have to crane your neck to see most cars down there.
Is’t there an overhead mirror for that blind spot?
They certainly help but not all trucks have them, at that point you’re dealing with 3 different mirrors on each side between the fisheye, regular, and separate overhead mirror, and there are still little spots that are hard to keep an eye on. Stack that on top of drivers doing the same monotonous task for 10+ hours a day and you’re really better off just staying out of their blind spots as best you can
I saw a video where they had someone sit in the driver’s seat in the middle of a parking lot, while assistants marked out the perimeter of what they could see in the mirrors. I think every driver’s ed class should do this, to show how big and how close the blindspots actually are.