I’ve been a trucker in the past, when something similar happened (rock through side window) i bundled up in a skidoo suit and all my jackets, except the one I tied around my face backwards like a scarf with the arms and headed off back to the shop. I don’t know what sort of moron would do this but for Christ sake. EDIT: I’d like to retract all that. I failed to notice the hood mirror. It’s a convex and he could see what was going on in the drivers side. Truckers never bother craning their head, that accomplishes nothing anyways.
In his situation, yes. he can clearly see from his seat everything on his drivers side with that hood mirror. It looks nasty but I’d drive it. Like I said, i didn’t notice it initially. All a person would have to do is give a longer than normal spacing from your POV be to switch lanes than normal to be safe. People in cars don’t use their mirrors like truckers, truckers don’t shoulder check, there’s nothing in the line of sight if they do that. Most trucks don’t have hood mirrors like that, usually the wide angle convex is mounted on the door, not the hood. Honestly, he probably was heading for a shop, article is very light on details