Left pillar blind spot on mountain drives is actually Horrible.

[savagecabbage]

Driving up mountains is a exercise in waiting to go off the road or hit the car in front! The left pillar obstructs your vision so much on left turns that you loose complete sight of the road and the cars in front of you. I am constantly craning my neck back and forth to try and see the road it is ridiculous. While I literally love this truck more than anyone can or should love a "thing", this blind spot make mountain roads very stressful. I wonder how everyone deals with this? perhaps I dont see it complained about much because most people only turn right?

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[Stuck4ger]

For some left turns you do have to shift your head to the left to visually clear inside of the A-pillar.

 

[Spacenoddle]

Yes, for curved left turn, it is indeed has some impact visibility but not much worse than my other large size SUV.

 

[CyberGus]

Use the cameras

 

[Crissa]

Use the cameras

Yeah. Mountain roads is why I added a camera to my Mazda.

-Crissa

 

[tmeyer3]

Use the cameras

you know.... 6 months ago I would have scoffed at this idea.

I'm so conflicted. My redneck heritage tells me to stick my head out of the window, my computer scientist brain says trust your camera feeds, and my hands continue to itch and tell me to remove the side mirrors....

 

[brur]

Yeah, I have to lean forward and to the right to feel comfortable with a left sight line

 

[Pulaski]

Reminds me of the A-pillar blind spot in a Dodge Challenger on mountain roads.

 

[TickTock]

you know.... 6 months ago I would have scoffed at this idea.

I'm so conflicted. My redneck heritage tells me to stick my head out of the window, my computer scientist brain says trust your camera feeds, and my hands continue to itch and tell me to remove the side mirrors....

Yep. I removed my side mirrors because they, in combination with the A pillar, block a lot of visibility. For me is wasn't mountain roads but just driving through a pedestrian rich city street. Easy to miss someone stepping out in front of you. You do lose some detail with the cameras but can still see vehicles far away very clearly. At night the cameras are far superior than the mirrors. Even if you don't have any tint on your windows, the cameras are much more sensitive than my eyes so in low light I see a LOT more detail on the camera feed than I saw through the mirrors. If you have window tint the difference is even more stark.

 

[HaulingAss]

Reminds me of the A-pillar blind spot in a Dodge Challenger on mountain roads.

I've never driven a Dodge Challenger, but I've driven tight mountain roads in a wide variety of different vehicles and have never driven a car that didn't require me to "head bob", to alternate views through the windshield and side windows on tight single-lane left-hand corners.

I don't find the Cybertruck any worse or any better (in this respect) than any other car I can think of. The little triangular windows in front of the side windows make all the difference.

 

[Jager]

I've never driven a Dodge Challenger, but I've driven tight mountain roads in a wide variety of different vehicles and have never driven a car that didn't require me to "head bob", to alternate views through the windshield and side windows on tight single-lane left-hand corners.

I don't find the Cybertruck any worse or any better (in this respect) than any other car I can think of. The little triangular windows in front of the side windows make all the difference.

Indeed. Those of us who have spent most of our lives driving trucks out in the country are very used to largish A-pillar obstructions. After awhile you don't even think about it. You just move around however you have to see what you need to see.

 

[skinzy]

I drive lots of mountain roads. Have to run the “tail of the Dragon” Hwy 129 to get to my second home in western NC. Can be a pain but am getting used to it.

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