The only real workaround is to change your driving habits. I've learned to bob my head around a bit and lean forward to look around the blind spot whenever I'm at a stop. It took a bit of time but now it's automatic.

 

^^^This^^^ Took one close call at an intersection at an intersection to fully realize the "blind spot" and now head bobbing is automatic....the head bobbing also lets me scan the dashboard for the "Christmas tree" of warning lights that I'm paranoid of since reading of the kind of correlation between said lights and fuel injector failure.(I'm short and like the steering wheel lower, so it obstructs some of the warning lights). Better to be safe than sorry, and only takes a second. The pillars are rather tgick, for sure. I can live with it

 

i think in alot of ways it's a distraction as much as it is an actual blind spot . in certain left turn situations it helps
if i can ignore that pillar , i can see beyond it , the problem being , the eye sees that first . as much as happen to like
the look of the car , i'm surprised honda signed off on this .it's not so much the width of the pillar ( from the outside ) ,
it's the depth from the inside looking out , must being at least 2 1/2 " deep . you're sitting behind and from that angle , it's blocking alot .
weird design

 

In fact my husband and I pulled up at Starbucks and this lady comes up to our window complaining about does he usually stop for people in the crosswalk and he needs to pay attention. He didn’t see her because of the blind spot.

 

Not to worry, soon cars will drive themselves, and we won't have to worry about blind spots anymore. We can just sit and play with our phones and tablets instead of driving.

 

I like my Fit (2018 Sport MT), but the blind spot is so annoying. Had too many close calls, and I look around while driving. Today was a parking lot with a slight lefthand turn at just the right angle and a lady at just the speed, just the right height to be completely invisible with the giant blind spot that is the Fit. If a front blind spot sensor were available, I would certainly install it. I guess the only real solution is to head bob as much as you can or look for another car.

 

Since I live in a highly populated area, I've just changed my driving habits to early morning (7am grocery runs).
Less drivers, fewer pedestrians, less stress overall.

 

It definitely bothers me

 

I love both the current '19 Fit EX I have, and the former '09 Fit Sport I had for 14 years, but I absolutely hate the blind spots produced by both A pillars. I can't believe Honda couldn't come up with a better solution to the A pillars on these cars. I have very narrowly missed both cars and pedestrians due to this quirk of a design.

 

Blind spot on urban driving is one issue, and there moving your upper body helps.

But another problem is fun serpentine road that could be driven 80 km/h (50 mph), unless you cannot see where the road is going on left turns. You are supposed to keep the shoulders tight towards the backrest to enable precise control of the steering wheel. I'd like to hear how people driving track cope with that.

 

I agree with you.

However, this is not a problem unique to our Fits. So many new cars have these massive A-pillars for roof strength and to house airbags.

It is bad enough that I've had passengers yell out to me about pedestrians, bicyclists, and even a semi that was hidden in the A-pillar. God forbid I had been driving solo.

It looks like the 4th generation came up with a ingenious solution, but, of course, in their wisdom Honda withholds it from us in NA.

 

I definitely do a blind spot head bob to make sure all is clear in all circumstances, more so with this car.