Drivers are finding it harder to see out of newer cars, survey finds


By AGENCY

The forward blind zones of six top-selling passenger vehicles in the US grew over the past 25 years as pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities soared, researchers say. — Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa

If you have the feeling it's become harder to get a clear view of the road from the driver's seat of a car these days, you are probably right. At least that's the conclusion of a new US survey.

Researchers from the US non-profit Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) said that tech-powered features such as blind-spot monitoring seem to encourage designers to further shrink the amount of glass on a vehicle.

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