How much would this annoy you?

[OakLeaf]

Use it as a negotiating point, lol...."since I won't be getting the full sized tire you told me that came with the car, I won't be paying xxx"

That is an EXCELLENT point!


Crankin, as far as the blind spots from the pillars, that IS how all new cars are made, because the side air bags are in there. It's a huge issue for me, too. Basically I have to open the side window and hang my head out of it if I'm on a lefthanded curve, or just look out the closed side window to make a left turn.

I won't pass on a lefthanded curve any more, after nearly hitting someone head on several years ago that was completely in the blind spot until I moved into the oncoming lane.

Maybe it's only an issue for shorter people, because even though hardly anyone pays attention when they're driving, I can't imagine why DOT would pass cars with such huge front blind spots and no mirrors or anything to deal with them.

Maybe we should write to DOT and ask them to set some standards for front visibility. I haven't gone digging deep enough to confirm, but I've heard that there aren't any standards at all for visibility out of passenger vehicles (unlike helmets, which require a certain field of vision through the faceshield).

But I do know for a fact that the philosophy of traffic safety is, and has been for the past 30 years at least, "crash all you like, just don't get hurt" - which is fine for occupants of two-ton missiles, but not for anyone else who's on or even NEAR the roads. It was actually at an international motorcycle safety conference that I first heard that phrase spoken by a traffic planner. That explains why they'd prioritize airbags over actually being able to see out of a vehicle one is driving.