Pillar (car)
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The pillars on a car with permanent roof body style are the vertical or nearly vertical supports of its window area or greenhouse—designated respectively as the A, B, C and D-pillar, moving from front
Typical pillar configurations of a sedan (three box) and station wagon (two box) from the same model range
Vehicle blind spot
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A vehicle blind spot or simply blind spot is an area around a vehicle that cannot be directly seen by the driver while at the controls, under existing circumstances. In transport, driver visibility is
Pillar (car)
…incorporate padding and accommodate airbags. However, because thicker A-pillars can somewhat limit the driver's forward field of vision and thus create blind spots, some designs employ slimmer, chamfered A-pillars made of stronger alloy steel on each side of the windshield to help improve driver vision while still…
A split rear window blind spot on a Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross
An accident caused in part by an A-pillar blind spot