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Blind Spot, Backing Up, Angry Lady.
This seems like a bad combination. I was backing up the Z at my usual speed of .5 mph because I knew I couldn't see out behind my 5 and 7 o'clock position. Then all the sudden I heard 2 rapid honks. I immediately stopped and scanned, but I couldn't see them so I knew they were in my blind spot and waited a good 5 seconds to let them pass. All the sudden I hear another honk and I couldn't see where they were at. At this point after seeing my rear was cleared, I backed out completely and saw a scion that was in my 5 o'clock position with a lady in the passenger seat frantically flailing her arms about. Being a grown up person, I rolled down my window and apologized and told her that I couldn't see out of of the vehicle when they're in our giant blind spot. Her respond was "well you should do something about that, you almost cause a "major" collision". I had a smart *** comment for her, but I felt it would be inappropriate to use as I was in the wrong.
Anyway, what do you guys usually do about that? As far as dealing with the situation and dealing with the blind spot itself. I wanted to get out of the car and wave them through, but I had my sidearm on me and felt that getting out of the car and possibly getting into an armed conflict would be an extremely bad idea. |
Ignore and move on, and just be glad there wasn't a major collision happened. I try to back in any spaces whenever possible to avoid having to back out and situations like this.
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Humm I haven't thought of that. I used to back up vehicles all the in time until i got my Acura TL, guess I'll start doing that again.
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Backup camera. Also, it sounds like you need to adjust your side mirrors.
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4 options;
1- Continue to do what you're doing and pray it doesn't end up badly 2- Get a backup camera 3- Park further away from everyone 4- Back in to the parking spot |
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How To: Adjust Your Mirrors to Avoid Blind Spots - Feature - Car and Driver |
Yes I am used to adjusting my mirrors so that it would barely shows my flaring. I'll adjust it out further and see how it goes. I wouldn't mind paying extra for those blind side sensors option like the ones equipped on Lexus vehicles. I need to move my passenger seat up as well I think. The way it is now, the headrest completely obstruct my view of the little quarter panel window.
Only had the car for a month now, and I pray every day I don't hit someone changing lane. Thanks for the tips fellas. |
Simple solution at your local autozone. 6 dollars for 2 blind spot mirrors. Attach to your mirrors and profit
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I have the backup camera but due to about fifty years of looking over my shoulder to back up, I just glance at it before I start backing up. My fear is parking lot idiots. I'm talking about when you check & it's all clear, start backing up & some idiot comes speeding down the lane behind you. You check & it's all clear, start backing up & someone else across the lane backs up at the same time. Sometimes it's a pedestrian in a world of their own walking behind a backing up car.
My wifes car has a camera but also has an audible alarm if it detects an object when you're in reverse. I think Nissan should add this feature to the Z. |
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I'd rather have 2x ugly *** mirrors that protect my 60k investment then no investment at all. |
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Craftsquare is my friend
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Some people will get mad no matter what. If you heard the horns the first time and then stopped, that should have been an indicator to her to either A) continue onward and out of the scenario, or B) back up or move away so that you could continue to back out. The very act of stopping should have indicated that you were willing to wait for her to move. By her sitting there and hitting the horn again, I guess the only other things you could have done would have been to pull back into the spot and wait her out, or try to wave her through. Otherwise, you got out, you didn't hit her, nobody was hurt, so wave goodbye and let her deal with it.
The ones that drive me nuts are the ones that want your parking spot, but don't seem to think about the fact that you need to back out of it first before they can get into it. Those people I just chalk up as retards, and then slowly back towards them, to see if they will eventually get the point. |
It's been said already but back into spots. Since getting my Z other than the first day I owned her I never pull in forwards.
I changed my head unit as well and added a backup camera to help with backing into spots. My backup camera kenwood CMOS 310 has some really good views including super wide and corner views. The corner views is a bit hard to get use to but it will let you see sideways behind you. I will occasionally flip it on to double check blind spots when driving in heavy traffic on the highway. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zCaf3C5l8Ck |
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I back out slowly as well and use my reverse camera to check around corners. But people are notoriously impatient and will speed by you instead of waiting for you to back out. |
I have my fog light set to blink on reverse for just that reason.
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Just an FYI the backup camera does not show you all of your blind spots when backing up. The matter becomes worse when you have a truck parked next to you.
One of the main reasons park far away is not just for door dings but to able to see when I back out also. as no cars park next to me. |
One thing you can also consider is the convex mirrors that are for motorcycles. They are a bit smaller and don't look retarded on your car. They are about 1 inch around and will cost you about 5 bucks.
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Or you could always just get a roadster and drop the top. You can see pretty much everything after that.
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I learned shortly after getting my Z that backing up out of a parking space can be like walking through a mine field.
Our cars a low so we usually are not visible next to other cars. The blind spot adds to the perfect storm. Then add the clueless parking lot speeders. My routine was to roll my windows down so I can hear if a car is coming that I couldn't see. Ease out until I can see out of the passenger side port hole. Do a full scan and back out. I recently replaced my stock radio and added a back up camera. This doesn't completely solve the problem but it does provide increased visibility. Backing into spots is the best option before getting the camera I was concerned about docking and screwing up my exhaust/muffler. |
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NO Blind Spot
dP3NGU1N suggestion really works. I learned this years ago from some Insurance Co pamplet . You can make split second decisions, and save your own ***. Try it! Get use to it. There does not have to be a blind spot.
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Quick story: When leaving a shopping center one day I saw a lady in a big SUV back up and hit (not injure) 2 small children. The driver didn't even notice, put it in drive, and off she went. The kids mother (rightfully) started cussing at the lady and ran after her - but the driver NEVER noticed.
For this matter I always back up slowly and honk my horn a few times as I'm backing up. I look like a total goodie two shoes doing that since I think I'm the only person that honks - but I have yet to run over children. |
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I feel that having a weapon on you, you must be even more responsible in avoiding any type of conflict. Not knowing the state of mind of the other person, getting out of the car could be interpreted as an issue of challenge, and a conflict could ensue. Getting into a brawl where deadly force is a real possibility, I tend to avoid it altogether. This disciple was beaten into me during my time in RI, and I still carry the same mentality with me to this day.
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But I know what you mean op, just gotta fix the mirrors, use all the mirrors, and turn around (not just look over your shoulder). As if you're backing up an attached trailer on a pickup. |
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