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The A-Pillar


The A-pillar of a vehicle is the first pillar of the passenger compartment, usually surrounding the windscreen. The A-pillars play an important role in protecting the occupants in a roll-over incident, consequently A-pillars have been increasing in width over the years. However this has caused the adverse effect of increasing the size of blind spots in the drivers vision, especially at junctions.

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