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Originally Posted by Evil Jesus
Remain aware of obstacles both behind and ahead at all times while driving. Always know who is behind you. Make, model, color. These are things you need to be have rolling through your head at all times. After that you can use your mirrors and look through the porthole window to check the situation.
It really is no different than any other vehicle if you're an attentive driver.
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Originally Posted by kALMIGHTY
I don't know if I'm the only one, but I feel like this is one of those cars that doesn't have a blind spot. Maybe it's just the way I have my mirrors set up or something, but being such a small car, if a car isn't in my side view mirrors, then it is either already visible on either side of the car, or there is no car there at all to begin with. Even driving next to smaller cars, by the time they leave my side view mirror, they're already well into my peripheral vision.  |
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Originally Posted by m.wood0213
I can't use my rear 1/4 windows especially drivers side. That's the main blind spot for me.
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Originally Posted by mav1178
sorry... if you have "blind spots" in this car, you have your side mirrors set wrong.
Your mirrors should never be able to see your lane or any part of your car. They should always overlap a tiny bit with your rear view mirror, no more.
Google it yourself: https://www.google.com/search?q=side...+no+blind+spot
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Originally Posted by SirBrass
Adjusting the side mirrors eliminates the blind spots & when set correctly, you no longer need to look over your shoulder.
This car has no mirror blind spots, & is awesome like that. Even with correctly set mirrors, I always had a sliver of blind spot that a car coming in from two lanes over could slip into & is never know it in my Imprezas. This car had none.
Add to that that I really don't need a backup camera b/c of the large, wide rear window as well. The STI & WRX had horrific rear sightlines for backing up & I needed backup cameras for them. The brz? It'd be nice for precision, but not a necessity like in my Imprezas.
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Exactly this, you should always be aware of your surroundings and know the cars around you at all times, enough to make blind lane changes because you know exactly where all the cars are at.
Even if you don't do that you shouldn't have any blind spots if you have your mirrors set up correctly. I find it once a car leaves my side mirror the car will be by my side already and visible. So if a car is in the normal blind spot the car should be seen either in the mirror or through the window.