When I did driver's ed they actually got a semi cab and had us all sit in it so we could see exactly how the blind spots work, even with fish eye mirrors. The cab is so high up you'd have to crane your neck to see most cars down there.

[–] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is't there an overhead mirror for that blind spot?

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

They certainly help but not all trucks have them, at that point you're dealing with 3 different mirrors on each side between the fisheye, regular, and separate overhead mirror, and there are still little spots that are hard to keep an eye on. Stack that on top of drivers doing the same monotonous task for 10+ hours a day and you're really better off just staying out of their blind spots as best you can