- Joined
- Dec 7, 2021
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- Location
- Saratoga, CA
- Cars
- DE-P 21" Eureka Gold
- DE Number
- 337
- Referral Code
- YA7XYHFV
I've only had my Dream for a week so haven't driven it much. Taking a trip up to Alice's at Four Corners later this morning!! One thing I've noticed that has me a little concerned is the blind spot caused by the large size of the A pillars. A good friend of mine had the old Cadillac electric car (upgraded Volt) and it also had very large A Pillars. He was on a one way street and was about to make a left turn at an intersection when a lady stepped out from in front of a large truck on his left side. Because of the truck and the large A pillar he didn't see her and he hit her while starting his turn at about 5 mph. She came up over the hood and hit her face/head on the windshield the Cadillac. Broke her nose and had a mild concussion. Wound up costing his insurance ~$100k and obviously his rates went way up. Needless to say he got rid of that car immediately. I'm posting this here as a word of caution only. I did notice the problem the other day as I was preparing to make a left turn at the end of my block (T intersection, no stop signs). I looked right to make sure nobody was coming and started to go when I realized the A pillar had blocked my vision and there was in fact a car coming. So the bottom line is from now on I will be extra careful when checking for oncoming traffic or pedestrians given the amount of visibility blocked by the A pillars.