I know the question might sound pedantic or silly, but it's important to me.

I saw this article in 20min today: https://www.20min.ch/story/gais-ar-die-autofahrerin-wird-zur-anzeige-gebracht-103339945

In summary, police stopped a car because the packages it was carrying were blocking the driver's view and also not properly secured.

Now, I fully get what it means to block side mirrors (seitenspiegel) and how it can be dangerous, but the article also talks about right side "window" (Seitenscheibe) being blocked and it being an issue. Isn't that window partially blocked also by "humans" sitting in the passenger seat? Or Seitenscheibe means something else?

And on s relevant note, I read somewhere that blocking the rear view mirror is actually legal as utility vans do that all the time. Is that precise?

Thanks

by ihatebeinganonymous

5 comments

  1. In reality whatever the policeman deems to be blocking view will get you fined and you will not go to court over a fine. You can get fined if a autobahnvignette is somewhere in your point of view

  2. When someone sits in the passenger seat you can still get a pretty good view out of the passenger side window. E.g you can easily see a car that you’re overtaking. I don’t think it’s the same as if you stack the seat with boxes.

  3. Most likely it’s about the „Seitenblick/Schulterblick“, that gets blocked by all those boxes.

  4. If especially the driver’s but also the passenger’s seats are adjusted properly, a passenger doesn’t obstruct the view to the point of making traffic observation impossible. Packages piled up as in the photograph however do.

    If the passenger behaves in a way that they do obstruct the view, the driver would be obliged to order the passenger to stop, move the passenger to a rear seat or deny transport altogether since the responsibility to safely operate the vehicle is the driver’s.

  5. The boxes block the view of the driver to the right completely. This includes the view through the front window and the window on the passenger side. A passenger wouldn’t be such an obstruction as shown in the picture.

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