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Coroner wants adion on blindspots
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A CORONER HAS called for more action over trucks' blind spots after recording a verdict of accidental death on a pensioner who was run over when a driver failed to see her.
Worcestershire coroner Victor Round said that Patricia White,65, had been in the blind spot of Anthony Johnson, from Suffolk,as he drove his Scania in Kidderminster. Round told Stourport Coroners Court:"He [the driver] had no idea what had happened until people stopped him and told him what was going on."
He added: "It is surely not beyond the wit of man to provide mirrors so drivers can see outside and down by their feet. I wrote to road hauliers the last time this happened and I want to know what they have done about it."
Round remarked that this was the third death caused in this way he had dealt with in his time as coroner. lie said that the police had investigated the latest accident. which happened in June, and found that it was impossible for the driver to see someone standing within two feet of the cab..
• Mercedes is fitting a new mirror system to its Atego and Axor trucks, which "almost" eliminates the blind spot. The mirrors are designed to comply with a new EU directive on the blind spot, which comes into force in 2007.