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by viraptor 858 days ago
> I don't need it, because I now keep my side mirrors set correctly I know where cars are beside me before the radar knows.

It's not there to replace you looking. It's there as an extra information source in case you make a mistake when looking. Maybe you're lucky with the your car, but even with curved ends of mirrors in mine, there's still a blind spot where I would not see a bike on the passenger's side and the little extra notification is great for that. It blinks for guard rails too, but that doesn't bother me - there's extremely rarely a reason to check the mirror on the side close to the rail.
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dosman33 857 days ago
I didn't say the radar was there to replace looking. All you do is set your mirrors correctly and then there's no more blind spot. That's the entire point of the radar system, to "fix" the alleged blind spot problem. The problem doesn't exist if people were just taught how to properly adjust their mirrors in the first place.

> there's extremely rarely a reason to check the mirror on the side close to the rail.

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viraptor 857 days ago
> The problem doesn't exist if people were just taught how to properly adjust their mirrors in the first place.

You're literally responding to my post where I say this is not possible on my car. There's no orientation which doesn't leave a small blind spot. Not large enough for most cars, but definitely enough to hide a person/bike.

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dosman33 857 days ago
Have an upvote, I am dumb.
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ImPostingOnHN 857 days ago
> That's the entire point of the radar system, to "fix" the alleged blind spot problem.

> The problem doesn't exist if people were just taught how to properly adjust their mirrors in the first place.

The problem being solved here is that, no matter how many mirrors of any configuration one has, they are still a squishy human who will eventually make a mistake, given that mirrors are used hundreds of times per driving trip. Or they bad-luck into a situation where another driver changes the situation faster than a reasonable, human mirror-checking regimen would reveal. These systems add a layer of safety for when, not if, that happens.

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