I’ve accepted that I’m okay dying in a car accident, if I can see it coming. No car is going to be perfectly safe ever, its physically impossible, so might as well make it so the human driver can survey their surroundings optically, with their own eyes.

It looks like a whale shark getting ready for a mouthful of krill.

The new Outback has them obscured

From my understanding, I believe roll over safety standards and lazy design regarding the structural integrity of the pillars are to partially blame here.

I actually liked that you don’t have a blind spot behind your b-pillar with those fender mirrors. I would take that over the minor inconvenience of having to adjust them from time to time.

A hammer will turn it off

Subaru is a perfect example. Totally reasonable beltlines and they still get all of the safety awards.

damn it now I see it

nb4 they manage to have an emissions scandal with this