Vehicle blind spot
Proper adjusting of mirrors and using other technical solutions can eliminate or alleviate vehicle blind spots.
A blind zone is one of several areas around heavier rolling stocks (locomotives and multiple units), where the train driver cannot see.
[8][5][6][7][9][10] However, one source considers that method a driving mistake and claims it is even more dangerous than not using it, because it creates other blind spots directly behind the vehicle—nine reasons are listed, e.g., when backing up—which are impossible to eliminate by a "shoulder check".
A similar problem attaches to positions left and right of a vehicle's rear bumper as the driver attempts to back out of a parking space.
Vehicles in the adjacent lanes of the road that fall into these blind spots may not be visible using only the car's mirrors.
The front-end blind spots caused by this can create problems in traffic situations, such as in roundabouts, intersections, and road crossings.
Front-end blind spots are influenced by the following design criteria: The front left side A-pillar (not shown in the illustration) also causes blind spot issues when a car approaches a pedestrian crossing while a pedestrian is crossing the street left to right.
The sides of a panoramic windshield are curved, which makes it possible to design vertical A-pillars that give the driver maximum forward visibility.
For example, the Pontiac Firebird and Chevrolet Camaro from 1993 to 2002 had a windshield angle of 68° with the vertical, which equals just 22° with the horizon.
An A-pillar that is split up and has a small triangle window (Front Quarter glass) can give short driver visibility problems.
A driver may reduce the size of a blind spot or eliminate it by turning their head in the direction of the obstruction.
Side radar systems offer better performance and also warn of fast-approaching vehicles entering the blind spot.
Blind spots also exist around trams (streetcars/trolleys) and trains (locomotives with railway carriages and multiple units).
Blind spots also exist around agricultural equipment (utility tractors, combine harvesters, etc.).
[24] Blind spots also exist around heavy equipment (excavators, bulldozers, wheel loaders, cranes, etc.).
Blind spots exist where areas behind the sail are obscured from the view of a helmsman on a sailboat or windsurfer.
[27] When the aircraft (airplane) accelerates for take off, the size of the blind spot below fuselage increases.
