Comments by "Stephen Hendricks" (@stephenhendricks103) on "" video.

  1. Let me add one other point. Two years ago my wife, a VERY careful driver, far more careful than I if I'm honest about it, was driving our 2012 KIA Sorento a vehicle with excellent visibility for a midsize crossover. It was raining on a dark and stormy night as she was returning home on a four lane highway. She was in the left lane, looked over her right shoulder, put on her blinker and began to move to the "slow" lane. Before she could complete the maneuver she was sideswiped on the right by a driver in a new Mustang moving about 30 mph faster than she was traveling. Thankfully, damage was relatively minor but my wife was mortified. It was her first collision in many years. In fact, the other driver was supportive and even somewhat apologetic. Both vehicles were drive-able. The rain was heavy. The night was dark. And my wife and the other driver both went on their way and submitted insurance claims without assigning blame. It could have been much worse. The point is that BSM would probably have prevented the collision completely. Even though my wife didn't see the other car, the BSM system would have. When we replaced the 2012 KIA with another 2018 Sorento I was especially grateful that it includes BSM.
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  2.  @steamer99  I'd call it an aid, not a toy. I"d agree, of course, that BSM doesn't substitute for actually glancing to the rear when changing lanes. Unfortunately, though, the Mazda3 isn't alone (or even the worst offender) in terms of designing vehicles without regard to actual visibility. I was considering a Camaro as a replacement for my GTI last year. It was like driving a bathtub with very high sides. Took only a few blocks of a test drive to convince me that I'd no more consider buying one than I'd consider driving while wearing blinders.
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  3. Thankfully, blind spot monitoring is part of the package.
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  4. No. They're not. They're focused on their bottom line, not the demands of internet fan boys.
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