Just about all new cars seem to have this problem. A combination of the a pillar strength requirement along with the aerodynamic design. Rear visibility is poor in most of them too. I got in my old Subaru justy the other day and was struck by how good the visibility both to the front and rear was. Of course, it's probably almost as crashworthy as a GEM :)
Sent from my iPhone On Dec 13, 2013, at 10:39 AM, "Peri Hartman" <[email protected]> wrote: > If you are considering a Leaf, be forewarned that the frontal visibility is > poor. Today, probably for the third time, I came close to hitting a > pedestrian while turning left. My wife has had similar occurrences. > Somehow, the design of the front pillars obstructs an entire crosswalk while > turning left. > > Normally, I lean over to the right to get a second look, but I didn't this > time and -sure enough - a ped was in the crosswalk. Fortunately, as I > progressed through the turn, he became visible - directly in my path. > > This is a serious problem with Nissan seems uninterested in addressing. > > Peri > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
