For those who don't know, the Pillars on a car are refered to the A Pillar (Windscreen to front doors), B Pillar (between front and rear doors) and C Pillar.
I've noticed a trend of increasing sizes of A pillars on recent cars - a result of improving safety for the occupants.
This morning, whilst sitting at the lights outside work, I realised that a complete low loader & brand new excavator can be hidden behind the A Pillar of my nice new Skoda Surperb.
The previous car (VW Touran) had a split A Pillar with reasonable visibility, but since getting the Skoda I've had to make a significant effort to double check at roundabouts and junctions in case there's a digger, van, car or a bike hidden behind my A Pillar.
In the first photo above you can see the load loader at our gatehouse.
Below, the loader at the lights is hidden completely by the A Pillar!
Remember this situation as you're making progress around a roundabout, or any other junction where a car is positioned at an oblique angle to an oncoming bike!
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