Mazda 6....blind spot?

WobblyDog

I think it's mainly due to modern car design. The current Fiesta has much poorer rear visibility than the mark 4 Fiesta.

Part of the problem is the thicker, more steeply sloped pillars, but I also think the designers just think that small windows look cool from the outside. Hopefully this is a cyclical thing, and larger windows will come back into fashion soon.

shown73

Facade, if it is any comfort, I have the same problem> I have even started regular exercises to be able to swivel my neck a bit further, but some junctions are so angled that I just can't see properly at all, so where possible, I also square up to the junction, and indicate left, but some are so extreme that even that doesn't work. It's a worry. I have also had to drive large vans, and they can be really bad. Sometimes have to roll down the window and angle the mirror. I wonder how many minor shunts are caused by this.

facade

shown73 wrote: »

Facade, if it is any comfort, I have the same problem> I have even started regular exercises to be able to swivel my neck a bit further,

I didn't notice until recently, as I said when I changed route and met an oblique junction, it made me wonder if exercises might help too.

Got to keep in tip top condition, so when I can finally get my pension I can actually do all the things that I don't have time to do now.

reeac

WobblyDog wrote: »

I think it's mainly due to modern car design. The current Fiesta has much poorer rear visibility than the mark 4 Fiesta.

Part of the problem is the thicker, more steeply sloped pillars, but I also think the designers just think that small windows look cool from the outside. Hopefully this is a cyclical thing, and larger windows will come back into fashion soon.

Vision directly to the rear is now much poorer than it was say 20 years ago. Shallower windows means more luggage space.