Hi Jay, The Bolt has yellow lights that light up on the outward tips of the side view mirrors if it detects a vehicle in that particular blind side of the car. Over the time, I have had the car, they seem to have improved and I am assuming this is through the few software updates that it has had.
Also, I drive with my hands at the 10 and 2 o'clock positions and on the Model 3 terminal screen, my right hand hides any left side blind spot intrusion. I'm not impressed with that aspect of the car. For all of the technological prowess at Tesla, their blind spot detection can not be relied upon. On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 2:36 PM Jay Summet via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > On 7/10/21 1:50 PM, Peter Eckhoff via EV wrote: > > > > Blind spot detection in my Model 3 is useless. I rely only on my mirrors > > and turning my head; not on the terminal presentation > > > > I find that comment interesting. The 2020 Nissan Altima I drove when > testing out ProPilot had Blind Spot indicators (orange light up > indicators mounted in the front doors just under where you would look > for the rear view mirrors). > > Driving down the freeway with cars going by on both sides they would > turn on and off as vehicles were on either side of you near the rear of > the car. > > They were mostly unnoticeable if you were not looking towards the > mirrors, so not at all distracting (at least, in the daytime, I didn't > try driving at night), but they were VERY noticeable if you glanced at a > side mirror. > > I felt that they were very useful and a nice feature to have. (They > never "saved" me, but just having them around made me feel better). > > Jay > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210710/2584f041/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org