• Juno@beehaw.org
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      9 months ago

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

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        9 months 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.

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            9 months 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