avalonandl
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Someone go to Walgreens and pick up his Rx....
WREAKED? I must be the luckiest person on earth or worst luck ever!
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grouch
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When I saw the title, I wasn't sure what it would be about. I thought he wreaked havoc. I'm a firm believer in dash cams. The GF got out of a jam because of one I mounted on her windshield.
MrBlack247
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In Chicago we call them jag-offs.
Yup.
Believe it or not, the A pillar is a real blind spot. The A pillar has gotten thicker over the decades, and cars and people can be hidden behind it. We have encountered several situations where a person or vehicle just happens to remain behind the A pillar, in spite of either one of us moving. Turns are the worst because you are watching for so many other things at the same time. I have had to train myself to wobble my whole upper body to look around the pillar.
You don't realize just how serious the A pillar blind spot is until you encounter it. Something will just appear to come out of nowhere.
Be careful out there folks.
it does not mean everyone needs to be a ************* about it... LOOK i had my HIGH beams on( High+low) of course my lights were way brighter then the pickup's bulbs from 2005... as you can see in the photo my headlights overridded the pickup's light and the truck's front end happen to be right in my blind spot when it turned my head to look left..I've been tempted to edit the spelling since the thread started ... but I'm not a spooling **** like you guys are.
75mph = 110 feet per second...
60mph which is 88 feet persecond that is only 1/4th of a second 250ms or less(since most likely this person was going faster then that, as the road had only light traffic.)
even just based on the typical human response time of 188ms ..
gooffeyguy
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Away!
Shit happens. Or shit doesn’t happens. Sometimes shit almost happens.
Double like.
you can actually hide a whole car or truck depending on the position and distance with the A pillar.... I checked while i was driving today.... the Camera is on the passenger side and since i'm not ON that side. it(the camera) can obviously see more... also you must not even know how a camera and human vision work
it did not help that my Sun Visor was all the way straight down... I had forgotten to put it back up... before i left and depending on ones seating position this can be a problem.. and block 50-65% of the view in front of the driver
gooffeyguy
Tom
obviously I don't
I have had a car come out of nowhere at a 4-way stop a couple times in my 02, hiding behind the passenger a-pillar so it happens. Glad you’re ok Brett.
gooffeyguy
Tom
I can see the passenger side A pillar being more of a hindrance when stopped at a cross street. It's more to your right and in line to where you're looking.
The drivers A pillar is more in front of you and nowhere near where you look when looking for traffic coming from the left, unless you are driving like grandma with your head sitting on top of the steering wheel. I'm 6' and sit back in the seat when driving, not hunched over the wheel.
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Agreed. I have never had a problem with that one.
Well, I have. It was a pedestrian who was in the shadows and remained hidden behind the left A-pillar as I was turning left. I did not hit him, but it was close. I would have never believed it until it happened to me.
WTF: This person was flying...If they had wings they'd have been airborne. It wasn't luck, you were Blessed.
Did not even see him as he was right in my A -Piller blind spot when I looked left (after I was locating the bicyclist position, when I got to the stop sign)
also i thought I should mention I had a premonition moments before that i was "going to crash." that was my first thought as soon as I entered the SUV
Worst luck or just lucky?? View attachment 278035
there is too many factors i.e seat angle how far the suv is from the stop line to even come to that conclusion.. also from the video the guy was changing lanes from the middle lane...
the seat is all the way back... if you wanted to know..
As I said before, I had to teach myself to wobble forwards and backwards to peer around the A pillar after I had a close call. It took 30 years of driving to encounter a freak incident. Fortunately in my case, I did hit anything either. I considered it a lucky lesson.
gooffeyguy
Tom
When I was a kid I was taught to look left, then right, then left again before crossing the street. I apply the same technique when driving. Lol
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That is sound advice. But when you have a moving object that just happens to stay in your blind spot while you are moving as well (a freak occurrence), ...
When I was doing my left turn, the pedestrian began in the shadows, my light turned green so i inched forwards, scanning left and right just in case a vehicle decided to blow the red light, the pedestrian just happened to walk at the perfect speed to remain behind the A pillar, even as I was beginning my turn. All this time, I'm scanning left and right, moving slowly. Then suddenly I see the pedestrian right at my front bumper.
The guy was swearing tons at me. I don't blame him because he probably thought I was being a pr**k.
The other thing I tell my kids is to make sure you can see the eyes of the drivers when crossing a street. If you can't see their eyes (if they're behind the a pillar for example), they won't be able to see you and not even know you are there. Of even worse, if they are looking at a cell phone making a "quick check" for a text, they won't see you either.
adventurenali92
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That’s exactly how I was taught to DRIVE! Lol. Especially here in Southern California! People be crazy....
that being said I have never had anything obstructed by my a pillar. I sit too far back because I’m 6 feet tall as well and it doesn’t obscure my view.
