XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.law-enforcement   
   From: REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com   
      
   Wally J wrote:   
      
   >A teen failed her driving test and the instructor wrote that she   
   >failed to check her blind spot when making a right turn at an   
   >intersection with a green light when the car crossed the bike lane to   
   >the right.   
   >   
   >On my car, there is no blind spot.   
   >I set the mirrors so that I can see any vehicle next to me.   
   >From behind the car, to behind the c pillar and up to the b pillar.   
   >   
   >The car only leaves the mirrors when it crosses the b pillar.   
   >And then I look (when turning right) into the passenger window.   
   >   
   >Where is this blind spot the instructor is talking about?   
   >And how do you properly cross a bike land when making a right turn?   
      
      
   Of course the blind spot is on the right rear and you're supposed to   
   turn your head to look.  In reality I adjust both my mirrors to be in   
   my blind spot rather than the side of the car and move my head to see   
   the side of the car for perspective in the mirror.  Since I started   
   riding a motorcycle five years ago I've made it a habit to turn my head   
   again and actually look when changing lanes to the right.  Having said   
   all that I don't see how or why you would look in the blind spot when   
   crossing over a bike lane unless you're going real slow or are stopped.   
   If you're moving at normal speeds you can see any bike you're   
   approaching and cross over without any chance of one coming up behind   
   you.   
      
   I took my first driver test in downtown Washington DC driving my   
   father's 1967 Cadillac Sedan DeVille.  That beast was nearly 20 feet   
   long and hard to maneuver in the crowded and narrow streets of the   
   city.  It also was old enough that it only had one side view mirror on   
   the driver's side.  In those days the mirror was small and didn't stick   
   out a foot like they do now.  You had to turn your head in both   
   directions when changing lanes because the one mirror was mostly   
   useless.   
      
   We also had to parallel park between two cones to pass the test.  These   
   days parallel parking is not required, at least in Virginia.  When we   
   arrived at the testing station after the road test, the test instructor   
   told me to pull over rather than park between the cones.  He said   
   there's no way he could parallel park that monster and he didn't want   
   to fail me for that!   
      
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