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Mind that blind spot. (Safety Alert).
Kids 'N Cars, a consumer organization working to make it safer for children to be around cars, is calling attention to the problem of the blind spot-that area behind the vehicle that you can't see from the driver's seat. The organization notes that at least 58 children were backed over and killed last year alone.
How big can the blind spot be? We measured a sedan, minivan, SUV, and pickup to find out. We used a 28-inch-high traffic cone, measuring how far behind the vehicle it would have to be before an average (5 feet 8 inches) and short (5 feet 1 ...
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