XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.law-enforcement   
   From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   On 8/2/2023 4:45 AM, badgolferman wrote:   
   > 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!   
      
   When I took my drivers test, there was no place in town to parallel   
   park, due to the plowed snow on the sides of the road.   
      
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