In 2019 40% of San Francisco traffic fatalities are from left turns
The closest calls I&#x27;ve ever had with pedestrians were on left turns.  IMO the problem with modern cars is the airbags in the A-pillar.  The pillars have gotten so wide that you have to consciously bob your head around back and forth (like a fighter pilot, of course...) to look around both sides of it.  Otherwise people can easily vanish into that blind spot.  I think a lot of people just forget that there&#x27;s a big blind spot there because they&#x27;re used to just looking on either side and inferring what&#x27;s not visible -- which is usually fine with something as big as a car.  But on a left turn, a pedestrian walking the same direction you are driving can be completely hidden as you turn because their motion will be synchronized with the blind spot.