I remember being annoyed by a noticeable increase in the diameter of the cabin pillars of new cars that happened in the mid-late 00’s until I found out it’s because before then rollover protection was akin to prayer and new standards were the culprit for the change. Never complained about the reduced visibility since.
A young lady I worked with for a while was in a wreck years ago, before I met her, that resulted in a rollover in an older vehicle. It absolutely flattened the top of the cabin and pinned her inside with a badly shattered femur. From memory she said it was 4 hours before someone found her. Frankly; fuck that. Give me a new car with a bunch of safety considerations, thanks.
It’s finally reasonable now that the cars are also watching for crossing vehicles. I have been a passenger in two different cars where the driver couldn’t see a car they had to give way to at a roundabout as the A pillar completely blocked their view. Both would have collided had I not warned them
I don’t get unhappy at people who stop unnecessarily at a roundabout, they might not have been able to see enough to be sure their way was clear
I remember being annoyed by a noticeable increase in the diameter of the cabin pillars of new cars that happened in the mid-late 00’s until I found out it’s because before then rollover protection was akin to prayer and new standards were the culprit for the change. Never complained about the reduced visibility since.
A young lady I worked with for a while was in a wreck years ago, before I met her, that resulted in a rollover in an older vehicle. It absolutely flattened the top of the cabin and pinned her inside with a badly shattered femur. From memory she said it was 4 hours before someone found her. Frankly; fuck that. Give me a new car with a bunch of safety considerations, thanks.
It’s finally reasonable now that the cars are also watching for crossing vehicles. I have been a passenger in two different cars where the driver couldn’t see a car they had to give way to at a roundabout as the A pillar completely blocked their view. Both would have collided had I not warned them
I don’t get unhappy at people who stop unnecessarily at a roundabout, they might not have been able to see enough to be sure their way was clear