Having read the article below;

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3513632/Dashcam-c...l

I googled 'blind spot' and was shocked how common this actually is, the point I make for further discussion on (and many will not approve) is; are MPV's/Crossovers etc with a HigherCentre of Gravity at a greater risk? it did put me off purchasing one following an experience to someone I know.

Drive safe.

I fail to see that the link has any connection with MPV/SUV's - the small BMW stayed in another vehicle's blind spot - that's a big no-no in my book, whatever I'm driving or whatever is overtaking.

Move quickly through other vehicle's blind spots, don't sit there - discuss !

As an ex-instructor I couldn't have put it better myself.

Lesson 2 - use of mirrors- what are blind spots? Where are your blind spots? Where are other vehicles blind spots? Why does driving in another vehicle's blind spot mean you are invisible to the driver of that vehicle?

Hammered home relentlessly on every lesson!

Bit of a hobby horse for me - I ride motorcycles!

Connection to Higher Center Gravity vehicles, cut and pasted from an earlier note in the thread 'Crossovers';

"The point made here of higher center of gravity has worried me for quite a time, since seeing an accident where a MPV finished on it's roof on the hard shoulder of a dual carriageway. It had just happened and I believe there were no other vehicles involved.

Another not uncommon type of accident is where a LGV cuts back into the inside lane say on a roadworks-speed restricted section, and clips a car unseen by the driver already on the inside lane. This typically can push the car around so that it's at 90 degrees on. Then pushes the car sideways until both eventually stop.

The above happened to someone I know in an estate car and survived, shortly after he was allowed by the Police to carefully drive his estate car home (within the hour), keeping speed down as tyres were scrubbed. Then not far ahead he was stuck in traffic caused by the exact/same type of accident but the car was a Landrover Freelander and it had flipped over and it's driver sadly did not survive.

The Freelander has a higher CoG, again the 'safety' angle worries me, and therefore I would choose a vehicle with a lower CoG, i.e. a 'normal' car etc. Just my opinion, but relatively slow speeds (for a motorway or dual carriageway) say 50 mph accidents can be deadly even with all today's air bags and protection."

Yes keep well clear of their blind spot.

Edited by nailit on 29/03/2016 at 17:47

Didn't the cyclists just cycle up the inside of the HGV? Ie they were largely the authors of their own misfortune. How many stickers and signs must they have ignored to be so unaware of the perils of their actions. The HGV drivers are not always at fault. When your a slow vulnerable road user it's your own responsibility to watch out for yourself imo. Irrespective of the law. There are plenty of dead cyclists and pedestrians who thought they had absolute right of way.