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cbshoestring
Feb 04, 2015Explorer II
Want a truckers perspective? I learned long ago that I can NOT see through the sleeper.
Solution...when approaching a turn similar to your example, move to the far left of your lane, then turn hard right just as you get to that point where you are going to stop. Instead of your vehicle being in line with your lane, it will be perpendicular to the road you are about to enter. You can look right out the passenger window.
The alternative is to try and set up on the right, with a hard to the left, allowing you to see traffic approaching through the mirror. The convex mirrors work best to see wider points, so if you do not have "spot" mirrors, I would get them.
Of course none of that is possible if you are one of those wacked out on ramps that expects the guy on the left to yield to the guy on the right. Hate those ramps, engineer who designed them should be flogged. Everyone knows the guy on the right can see the guy on the left (thus he should yield), and the lefty guy is blind. In this case......check out that other lane the best you can as you approach the yield point.....then punch it!!!!!
Solution...when approaching a turn similar to your example, move to the far left of your lane, then turn hard right just as you get to that point where you are going to stop. Instead of your vehicle being in line with your lane, it will be perpendicular to the road you are about to enter. You can look right out the passenger window.
The alternative is to try and set up on the right, with a hard to the left, allowing you to see traffic approaching through the mirror. The convex mirrors work best to see wider points, so if you do not have "spot" mirrors, I would get them.
Of course none of that is possible if you are one of those wacked out on ramps that expects the guy on the left to yield to the guy on the right. Hate those ramps, engineer who designed them should be flogged. Everyone knows the guy on the right can see the guy on the left (thus he should yield), and the lefty guy is blind. In this case......check out that other lane the best you can as you approach the yield point.....then punch it!!!!!
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