Auto Blind Spots

1. Car
开车去纽约, 有车在盲区没注意到, 换道以后才发觉, 很危险. 特搜集有关盲区信息如下.
http://www.wikihow.com/Set-Rearview-Mirrors-to-Eliminate-Blind-Spots

Steps

1. Lean your head over until it almost touches the driver's window, and then position the side mirror on the car's left side so you can just see the rear quarterpanel (the rear of the car) in the mirror. Note this will have it positioned farther out than you probably had it before.
2. Lean your head to be just between the two front seats, at your normal height, and position the right side mirror so you can just see the rear quarterpanel of the passenger side in the mirror.
3. Adjust the center rearview mirror to place it facing the center of the rear window.
4. While driving note that a car passing you begins in the center of your rearview mirror. As it approaches you, it moves to the side of your center rearview mirror, and at the same time appears in your side mirror. This shows you that there is no rear blind spot, because there is an overlap between the mirrors.
5. Also note that your side mirrors now capture a tremendous additional amount of information about what is in the lanes immediately next to your car. Previously you would have to turn your head to ensure nothing was in the lanes beside your car before changing lanes. Now, your side mirrors do a much better job of covering this blind spot on the side.

Tips

• Give it at least a week after setting your mirrors this way. It will seem foreign at first but soon will become second nature.
• Note that parallel parking becomes more difficult since you cannot see both your car and what's next to it in your side mirrors without moving your head.

Warnings

• Don't adjust mirrors while driving.

2. Truck
http://www.dot.state.pa.us/PENNDOT/Districts/District4.nsf/040301-s1-nozones.htm

To increase safe driving, motorists should follow these Share the Road guidelines:

• Never cut in front of a truck - Fully loaded trucks weigh up to 80,000 pounds and take the length of a football field to stop. Most cars weigh only 3,000 pounds.
• Don't linger alongside a truck - There are large blind spots around trucks where cars momentarily "disappear" from view and the driver can't see you.
• Pass trucks quickly - To make themselves visible cars should not linger near trucks, and should move past them or slow to back off out of the blind spot.
• Changing lanes - Change lanes when you can see both of the truck's headlights in your rearview mirror.
• If possible pass a truck on the left, not on the right - A truck's blind spot on the right runs the length of the trailer and extends out 3 lanes. Motorists should try to avoid passing through this large blind spot.
• Keep a safety cushion around trucks - Try to leave 10-car length safety cushion in front of a truck and stay back 20-25 car lengths. Following a truck too closely obscures your view.
• Check the truck's mirrors - If you're following a truck and you can't see the driver's face in the truck's side mirrors, the truck driver can't see you.
• Allow trucks adequate space to maneuver - Trucks make wide turns at intersections and require additional lanes to turn, so motorists should allow a truck the space it needs to maneuver.