Have the idiots who thought this up never heard of wing mirrors???

My car has a button to fold in the wing mirrors but it only works with the ignition switched on, i.e. before I have exited the car. For me, the "Dutch reach" is absolutely essential.



Bus drivers were always good though

That might depend on where you were.

When I first started driving, in Liverpool in the '70s, if I was waiting to exit a side road into slow moving traffic, I would get ready if I saw a bus as the driver was likely to let me out.

When I moved to Manchester, I would check that I wasn't over the give-way line for fear of the bus taking my bumper off. I seem to remember far more car horns in the Manchester rush hour than in Liverpool (although not nearly as many as London, at that time).

DC