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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hate the blind spots driving out suv. I hate it. [/quote]

Visibility in all vehicles has been reduced by the need to put airbags in the pillars (the structural supports between the windows).

Sedan visibility has gone way down because the "belt line" (the height of the top of the doors, where they meet the windows) has been brought much higher in order to get better safety scores. If you sat in a 1992 Honda Accord, you'd be absolutely amazed at how much you could see around you, and how comfortable it would be to rest your left arm on the door with the window down. Now you're much more in a tank, which is why a lot of people have switched over to SUVs, because their visibility is better. It's sort of a self-fulfilling cycle, because the prevalence of SUVs is why the beltines of sedans needed to be raised.

All that said, I doubt that the blind spot on your SUV is worse than it would be on a modern sedan. You might just be comparing it to older sedans.

Just make sure you have active blind spot monitoring. [/quote]

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