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My Land Rover has I presume huge blind spots, (I don't drive anything else, on the rare occasion when I do drive) but it doesn't prevent me from seeing other things on the road. It is another excuse for the motorist to use to absolve themselves of blame.
On the subject of blind spots in the road I was recently involved in an incident on a minor rural road, just around a bend. I had to spend a few minutes in the road dealing with the victim of a collision with a van, which was parked a few yards further up the road. Until I could get someone else to go around the corner and slow oncoming traffic I was in considerable danger as every single driver came around the corner and was unable to stop in the distance which they could see to be clear. There were several near misses, screeches of panic braking, and even hooters sounded after the car passed me, such that I was about to move the victim, against all my instinct, as the risk of further damage was less than the risk of being struck by a car.
I am utterly sick of drivers who aim for the speed limit instead of thinking about what might be an appropriate speed or behaviour