Comment by rootusrootus

The closest calls I've ever had with pedestrians were on left turns. IMO the problem with modern cars is the airbags in the A-pillar. The pillars have gotten so wide that you have to consciously bob your head around back and forth (like a fighter pilot, of course...) to look around both sides of it. Otherwise people can easily vanish into that blind spot. I think a lot of people just forget that there's a big blind spot there because they're used to just looking on either side and inferring what's not visible -- which is usually fine with something as big as a car. But on a left turn, a pedestrian walking the same direction you are driving can be completely hidden as you turn because their motion will be synchronized with the blind spot.