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The problem happens when you're approaching an intersection together with a car coming from your right (or left if left-hand drive). When your speeds match up just right, you are practically invisible because you sit in the blind spot the entire time they're approaching.

You can accelerate or decelerate to solve the problem, or maybe do a little swerve. But you don't know when you're in the blind spot.

Another problem are cars merging onto the road from a stand-still. Driver looks left, sees empty road. Starts merging and whoops they just cut you off. You were hiding behind the pillar in the moment they looked. You can't know this happened until it's too late.

This is why as a car driver I always take one last look at the road while already starting to move but before blocking the road. Most drivers don't do this.



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