I almost hit someone today! This seems basic! I thought this was the safest car on the road!
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Shocked! Model 3 has no blind spot detection [Update: yes, it does]
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It's on the screen. Which isn't ideal, but it works pretty well.
Move toward a car and see what happens. It's not like other cars and could be considered less than optimal.
Just run the turn signal on and let the car does it. Full blind spot detection.
Just run the turn signal on and let the car does it. Full blind spot detection.
fajitamondays
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Did you use your turn signal? IIRC, the screen should show the lane markings turn red, and the car in the blind spot should also turn red.
youngmcdonald
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Wait till you learn there’s no rear cross traffic alert either for backing out of a parked spot.
Blind spot detection is less than ideal. Ignore the fanboys. Manually look for vehicles in your blind spot. And looking instead at your center screen for red markings is just stupid so please don’t do that. The car does make a sound on autopilot mode, but overall it is not reliable as a feature yet.
And make sure your side mirrors are facing as away from you as possible to reduce the blind spot to begin with.
And as far as safety ratings go - some of it is true some a gimmick. And it’s mainly about not dying when you are in an accident. Not necessarily about how smart the car is to prevent an accident. So there’s that.
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Bingo. Adjusting side mirrors properly really helps (unless you are a tall person).
How To: Adjust Your Mirrors to Avoid Blind Spots
youngmcdonald
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I’m 6’3” and I totally agree with you, I didn’t know about the mirror trick and it still improved highway entering for me and blind spots. I found that tilting the mirror as far up as possible makes up for my height.
Yes, I hav't driven a car with blind spots in YEARS. It is amazing that almost no one knows this. I never meet anyone that has their mirrors adjust correctly and when I tell them they think I'm wrong because they can't see their fenders and can't get used to it.
ElectricLee
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I’m actually quite surprised that there is no blindspot detection light on the sideview mirrors like other manufacturers’ have. Having them there still promotes good driving habits as you should look at the mirrors (and turn your head) and not rely on a screen in the middle of the car which takes a lot of time getting used to.
If I'm about to hit someone in my blind spot it shoudl alarm and even move me back!
Good driving habits is to correctly adjust your mirrors and you never need to turn you head. Have almost never turned my head in YEARS nor missed knowing a car on the side.
groovidad
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Yeah, side mirror warning is the ultimate standard. I’m so used to using my side mirror warnings that I’m still re-training to use the screen warnings. Peripheral vision is great for most that enjoy unfettered view. The UI screen gets cut by the steering wheel and is not a natural optic for drivers.
groovidad
Living the Dream!
It's funny you say that--I thought it was just me! I back out of a particular parking spot where you have to drive in and then back out, and you're coming out blind with cars coming quickly down the road. My old car would warn me long before I could see cars coming down the road (I guess bouncing some kind of a signal underneath the surrounding cars?). NOTHING on the Tesla. With all the technology on this car, it didn't dawn on me that the lack of a rear cross traffic alert would be a design "feature". I just assumed it wasn't as effective as the one on my last car. That's the biggest safety feature I miss (apart from the corner lights that would come on when I was turning--the blind spot feature was nice, but I never really used it).
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