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so if they see them, they know theyre there and drive into them anyway?

interested to hear from an hgv driver about blind spots being a myth. theyre not on motorbikes, or cars. not mine anyway. or anyone elses that i was led to believe - hence being taught various observations to overcome it.

Drivers of the tipper lorry I was working with on Friday do not have blind spots. (I know some lorry drivers still do). Drivers scan their mirrors regularly and especially before turning. They scan, left to right, then back to left. It takes (I think) 0.8 seconds which is enough time for a rider to move along a truck while the driver is looking in another mirror. which could lead to a rider stopping below the front-left of the cab.

The truck I was with also had cameras that popped up the image filmed in the direction the driver is indicating or shows the back of the truck if the driver starts reversing.

The driver was saying that this tech really helps, but, as mentioned above they still only have one pair of eyes and still may lose concentration due to fatigue etc.

I asked the boss of the company if they fit telemetery boxes (like buses have) to monitor the smoothness of braking to ensure analyise the quality of the driving. He said they would but since these tipper trucks go on sites with very poor surfaces it's not very helpful. They would like to see improvements on the construction sites such as concrete surface rather than the rubble they currently have to drive over

I plan to ask the company if I can spend some time in the cab with the driver to really see what its like. Will report here