Blind spots ‘leading to fatal accidents’

SENSORS and front-facing mirrors should be made mandatory on trucks to eliminate blind spots for drivers after the tragic death of a pensioner, a jury recommended yesterday.

The Dublin City Coroner’s Court heard many pedestrians have died after stepping into the driver’s blind spot in front of high-sided trucks stopped at traffic lights.

The jury at the inquest into the death of Marie Rowse, 69, from Iveagh House Flats in Dublin 8, called for the reinstatement of a public awareness campaign to alert pedestrians and cyclists to the dangers.