Today's vehicles have bigger blind spots but not where you think

23 domofutu 8 8/23/2025, 9:47:27 PM newatlas.com ↗

Comments (8)

mikestew · 4h ago
Turns out it’s exactly where anyone with a newer vehicle would think: directly in front of and near the vehicle.
southwindcg · 4h ago
Yeah, my immediate thought was of those stupid giant pickup trucks whose hoods come up to my eye level.
redwall_hp · 4h ago
Ah yes, the Ford Youngling Slayer 3000s.

It seems like everyone who drives one is also incapable of turning their steering wheel when they blunder out of a parking lot into a street, obstructing two lanes at 3mph.

rogerrogerr · 3h ago
They probably ran over a curb at some point and are taking turns excessively wide to compensate.
lttlrck · 4h ago
Atrophied Arm Steering Syndrome is endemic where I live. Not limited to trucks!
litoE · 3h ago
I remember reading about someone that had created a workaround for this. She had exterior cameras and their images were projected onto the car's pillars, so that when you looked at a pillar you actually saw "through it", i.e. the exterior view it was hiding. I wish I could find the reference.
netsharc · 1h ago
burnt-resistor · 24m ago
I hear the new Canyonero has 360 view cameras as an option.