The larger pillars on today's cars are required not so much for structural reasons as a place to deploy the additional air bags that our new insurance companies are requiring to attain the coveted 5 star rating. -T
On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Peri Hartman <[email protected]> wrote: > It's not a matter of taking the trouble to look sooner. In order to see > the > crosswalk from this particular approach, I need to lean to the right > (driver > sits on the left) to roughly the center of the vehicle in order to see > around the pillar. That is sometimes awkward to do while negotiating > traffic and obstructions. > > I believe you also have Leaf? Have you not observed this when turning > right? The pillar is substantially larger than on other cars. All cars > have this problem to some degree, but I've never seen anything as extreme > as > with the Leaf. > > I doubt there's much Nissan can do to fix existing Leafs. But over the > last > few years, they could address the design for new models. > > Peri > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > Of Martin WINLOW > Sent: 13 December, 2013 10:09 AM > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] nissan leaf visibility issues > > Dear Peri, > > I am assuming this pedestrian was not beamed down onto the crossing and > that, had you taken the trouble to look sooner, you might have seen them on > the pavement about to step onto the crossing and adjusted your progress or > made use of your horn if already too close as appropriate. 'Vision up!' as > we in the driving game say here in the UK. > > On your second point, I'm not quite sure what you expect Nissan to do about > you problems. They an't exactly recall all their Leafs and move the > pillars. > > MW > > > > On 13 Dec 2013, at 17:39, Peri Hartman 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) > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > -- Remember, it is not that the glass is half empty, in reality, the glass is merely twice the size that it needs to be! -TNT'82 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20131213/f8d53891/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
