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DickyH
Member Since: 07 Aug 2006
Location: West Yorkshire
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Whatever next.
Surely though, the size of an a pillar blindspot depends on how close you sit to it, ie sit very close and you wont see a thing, but sit further back and the blindspot will be reduced. It therefore depends on your size and how you sit in your car.
What a load of rubbish. I think these people have too much time on their hands. Do you think they just sit there all day dreaming up which piece of an 'evil 4x4' to scrutinise next.
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catweasel
Member Since: 05 May 2006
Location: Bundaleer
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maybe they weren't blessed like the rest of us.........you know, with necks as for the A spot, I think they haven't wiped theirs in a while a something smells a bit sh*te. if you move back far enough youre finger could block an entire building.
who comes up with this trash anyway 
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| 3rd Oct 2006 9:03 am |
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Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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Is this in todays paper? This is plain ridiculous. I feel another letter coming on 
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| 3rd Oct 2006 9:15 am |
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Cliff H
Member Since: 27 Oct 2005
Location: Home of the Pork pie and Stilton
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Crazy, what are they going to come up with next?
Just more c--p for for people like the  who has now vandalised my car twice to use as ammo.
We will probably be accused of createing a world wide rubber shortage because our tyres are so big  Zermatt silver 06 reg.
Gone but not forgotten !!!
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| 3rd Oct 2006 9:22 am |
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JMC
Member Since: 25 Feb 2006
Location: Aberdeen-Angus. Where the Bull* comes from!
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Not so sure this is cr*p 
As has been rightly said, a careful driver will be more aware of his surroundings.
However, we have proof, even within our midst, that large 4x4's can induce blindness in drivers due to the way they are constructed.......
http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic2785.html 
Not all scare-mongering is based on fantasy. 
Mind-you....... perhaps there was a bit too much Roo meat and xxxx involved with that one? 
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| 3rd Oct 2006 9:27 am |
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catweasel
Member Since: 05 May 2006
Location: Bundaleer
Posts: 4805
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the blind spot's a myth like the G-spot
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| 3rd Oct 2006 9:39 am |
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Slimer
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Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Last Exit to Nowhere
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Gareth wrote:Is this in todays paper?
Heard it on the news on the way to work this morning and had a Google Alert with the link above in my inbox when I got here The End
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| 3rd Oct 2006 9:40 am |
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Cliff H
Member Since: 27 Oct 2005
Location: Home of the Pork pie and Stilton
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JMC, not saying that our A pillars are small but just the way that 4x4's are being singled out yet again. I think the 2 worst cars I have had for blind spots are a Merc A class and a Citroen Picasso
The picasso was the worst and that is meant to be the country's best selling MPV (only because it is cheep)
The VW Touran is also rumoured to be pretty bad.
Even in the worst cars though if you drive sensibly it should not be a problem.
Can't say I have ever thought the D3 was bad as far as the pillars are concerned and the extra visability that we have from the high position is a bonus that even the best 'A pillar performing car' would never have.
VA, I was talking about tyres causing the rubber shortage not those things in shiny packets that you keep in your bedside drawer Zermatt silver 06 reg.
Gone but not forgotten !!!
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| 3rd Oct 2006 9:41 am |
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caverD3
Member Since: 03 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
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We had the same article, but it was about all modern cars having larger A pillars due to crash test safety requirements. Some cars were worse than 4x4s because the driver was much closer to the A pillar.
A very biased article, it's like the reversing vision one, here the commadore family car had the worst rear visability! “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
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| 3rd Oct 2006 9:41 am |
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JMC
Member Since: 25 Feb 2006
Location: Aberdeen-Angus. Where the Bull* comes from!
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catweasel wrote:the blind spot's a myth like the G-spot
You mean you have never managed to find the G-spot.........
It is normally found in clothing on the middle of the right ar$e cheek...... 
Not HER ar$e...... MINE - that's where my wallet tends to be - and that's where you will find a womans G-Spot 8)
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| 3rd Oct 2006 9:47 am |
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dylansdad
Member Since: 04 Apr 2006
Location: Solihull
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I wonder about the blind spots of buses ? maybe they should be banned as dangerous. 2004 TDV6 HSE Auto Zambezi Silver
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| 3rd Oct 2006 10:02 am |
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catweasel
Member Since: 05 May 2006
Location: Bundaleer
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JMC wrote:Not HER ar$e...... MINE - that's where my wallet tends to be - and that's where you will find a womans G-Spot 8)
don't think me missus likes moths very much 
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| 3rd Oct 2006 10:17 am |
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