I‘ve noticed that when I’m driving on the highways, or even on the busier city streets, that a frequent problem is cars switching lanes into another car’s blind spot (behind and to the side, where the rear view mirror doesn’t cover it). If a car is switching into the lane to the right, and the farther lane has another car in it, it can be really dangerous to make that lane change when it’s into that car’s blind spot. Better to accelerate a bit until the other car can see you, and THEN change lanes.
A similar situation is when you’ve got a car ahead of you in an adjacent lane and you’re in their blind spot. I always get uncomfortable when I’ve got a car ahead of me like that.
I’m not trying to be pedantic or anything, but just bringing up a practical tip to make driving safer.
[tags]driving, safety, blind-spot[/tags]
Na
September 18th, 2006 at 22:16
This reminds me of the tip I read from “Click & Clack”. Instead of the usual way of setting your side view mirrors, do it this way. To set the left mirror, lean all the way toward it (head against the glass) and set it so that you see the “normal” view. Then lean all the way to the right and set the right hand mirror. Viola! No more blind spot.
Since I set mine this way, I can’t stand having them the old fashioned way. It’s particularly great when you’re in traffic (465 or such). Give it a try.
Pat