• Juno@beehaw.org
      12·
      1 year ago

      My first thought “how can right outside his window be a blind spot?” Can’t he just look out the window?

      • BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca
        25·
        1 year ago

        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.

          • BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca
            7·
            1 year ago

            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

      • Rivalarrival
        1·
        1 year ago

        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.

      • Hugucinogens@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        11·
        1 year ago

        Are you British, Australian, or Japanese? (Or another place I don’t know about?)

        Because I am like 70% sure the rest of the world has left-side steering wheels

  • JizzmasterD@lemmy.ca
    9·
    1 year ago

    Is it because of vehicle/height differences that there is a blindspot where one could easily see out the side window?

    Curious, not sarcastic.

    • Rhaedas@kbin.social
      12·
      1 year ago

      Proper mirrors would allow the driver to see most of those side blind spots, or at least tell something is there. A fish eye mirror at the bottom would catch anything missed by a flat mirror. The important thing is to not hang out in those areas when you can go ahead and pass. And don’t try to squeeze through when a truck is swinging out to make a wide turn, because at some point he definitely can’t see you, and may not even feel you get run over.

  • Jonny@kbin.social
    6·
    1 year ago

    Sometimes I binge bad driving people, and the amount of people who don’t understand that lorries have blind spots astounds me.

  • corship@feddit.de
    5·
    1 year ago

    I’m sorry but I refuse to accept the right side blindspot.

    Turn your fucking head.

    • graph1k@beehaw.org
      5·
      1 year ago

      Do you mean the driver side blind spot? The one on the passenger side is real depending on the size of your vehicle. I drive trucks and while it’s not quite as big as this shows there definitely is a blind spot where I cannot see the car that’s level with my door. A pickup can generally be seen

      Edit: I looked closer and just realized he is driving on the wrong side this isn’t OK

      So ya you are mostly correct there is a small blind spot drivers side but not that big

      • corship@feddit.de
        1·
        1 year ago

        Considering the front blind spot I just assumed the driver is sitting on the right side (the correct side btw)

  • C.Ezra.M@lemm.ee
    3·
    1 year ago

    Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of trucks in my country have a “dead angles” sticker that shows something similar.

  • DNOS@reddthat.com
    1·
    1 year ago

    That’s shouldn’t be right 🥁

    Explaining my own joke … the driver is driving on the wrong side