[FireBeyond]

> driver seats are so bad pedestrians and small cars are largely invisible

This is the thing. The sightlines and pillars are so big it's literally difficult to see other cars on the road with you.

That alone should warrant some safety regulation.

[chemeril]

If I pull up behind a modern pickup at a stoplight my car is completely occluded. If I pull up to the passenger's side of a modern pickup the driver has no idea: they cannot see down far enough from the driver's seat to know that there's another vehicle next to them. It's remarkable.

I knew things were off the rails when I parked my beater 2nd-gen Ranger next to a then-new F-250 and couldn't see the top of the Ranger's cab when looking through the F-250's windows.