Boomer23
Well-known member
Valdemar said:Speaking of front visibility in the Leaf, there is one pretty bad blind spot at the base of driver-side A-pillar. I literally had to slam on the brakes hard at least a couple of times already when a pedestrian appeared right in front of the car out of nowhere. Fortunately the speed was low. It may have something to do with me having to set the seat all the way back because I'm tall - 6'4". Sometimes on the approach to the intersection the driver-side A-pillar can hide a pedestrian as they start crossing from left to right and keep him/her hidden as they cross the road as the car is moving on the collision course. This really freaked me out. I'm more careful now but I just can't get rid of the thought that it is an accident waiting to happen.
You and me both. My wife thinks I'm half blind because she can see pedestrians clearly from the passenger seat when they're completely blocked for me by the pillar. I've been very glad that she was with me a couple of times. I've been trying to get in the habit of moving my head around a lot to look for peds when I'm about to turn left. Scary.