'This is How It Looks from the Truck': New 'JAF 360-Degree VR Video' Truck Edition Released to Simulate Dangers Hidden in Blind Spots
JAF released a 360-degree VR video 'Truck Edition' to improve traffic safety awareness. It allows pedestrians and cyclists to experience the dangerous blind spots from a truck driver's perspective.
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The Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) (President: Masayoshi Sakaguchi) released the "JAF 360-Degree VR Video" "Truck Edition" on Monday, March 30, 2026, on the "JAF 360-Degree VR Video Special Site" on the JAF website and the official YouTube channel account. This initiative aims to improve traffic safety awareness and prevent traffic accidents by allowing users to simulate the view and blind spots from a truck's driver's seat.
New Release: 'Truck Edition' to Simulate Truck Blind Spots
In the "JAF 360-Degree VR Video" "Truck Edition", three types of videos have been released: "Blind Spots from the Truck Driver's Seat" while stopped, and "Right Turn" and "Left Turn" while driving.
These videos allow viewers to virtually experience how the surroundings look from a truck's driver's seat and understand the blind spots, which differ significantly from those of a passenger car.
[Blind Spots from the Truck Driver's Seat]
You are sitting in the driver's seat of a truck.
How much of your surroundings can you actually see?
[Right Turn / Left Turn While Driving]
When turning right (or left) while driving, how do the surroundings appear from the truck's driver's seat?
Let's experience this from both the perspective of the truck's driver's seat and the perspective of a cyclist riding nearby.
[Click here for the Truck Edition videos]
These videos are designed so that road users who do not drive trucks, such as cyclists and pedestrians, can understand how they are seen by truck drivers, thereby raising their traffic safety awareness.
As fellow members sharing the same roads, please experience the view from a truck to encourage safe behavior that respects one another.
What is a 360-Degree Video?
New Release: 'Truck Edition' to Simulate Truck Blind Spots
In the "JAF 360-Degree VR Video" "Truck Edition", three types of videos have been released: "Blind Spots from the Truck Driver's Seat" while stopped, and "Right Turn" and "Left Turn" while driving.
These videos allow viewers to virtually experience how the surroundings look from a truck's driver's seat and understand the blind spots, which differ significantly from those of a passenger car.
[Blind Spots from the Truck Driver's Seat]
You are sitting in the driver's seat of a truck.
How much of your surroundings can you actually see?
[Right Turn / Left Turn While Driving]
When turning right (or left) while driving, how do the surroundings appear from the truck's driver's seat?
Let's experience this from both the perspective of the truck's driver's seat and the perspective of a cyclist riding nearby.
[Click here for the Truck Edition videos]
These videos are designed so that road users who do not drive trucks, such as cyclists and pedestrians, can understand how they are seen by truck drivers, thereby raising their traffic safety awareness.
As fellow members sharing the same roads, please experience the view from a truck to encourage safe behavior that respects one another.
What is a 360-Degree Video?