Hi,
i want to purchase a mirror (preferably an internal one) that covers all the blind spots when changing lanes, etc. Can anyone advise?
Thanks
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It is possible to set your mirrors in such a way that blind spots are eliminated.
If you mirror is a heated one, probably you better not stick anything over it as will be troublesome to remove later.
Search for "eliminate blind spot" on web and you'll find the settings.
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A lot of people set the driver's side mirror so that you can see the side of the car in it, which leaves a blind spot.
It's much better to set it out pretty much as far as it will go - you can tell when it is done right, because a car overtaking you leaves the rear view mirror just as it appears in your door mirror, and it leaves the door mirror just as it appears in the corner of your eye.
Same thing with the near side mirror.
If the mirrors are properly adjusted, there are no blind spots.
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Those instructions are fine for driving, but mirrors are also used for reversing into spaces, against kerbs, etc. Not convenient to be altering them repeatedly IMHO, so I will keep mine so I can just see the flanks.
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Don't people turn their heads to check the "blind spot" anymore?
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Don't people turn their heads to check the "blind spot" anymore?
Generally yes, but I had a nasty crick in the neck the other day that made that difficult.
I compensated by not overtaking wherever possible, and lived with the pain the rest of the time.
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That raises a good question in general. At what point does one become "legally unfit to drive"
I know people who have driven with broken arms, broken legs, neck braces, broken ribs migraines, bad backs, bad necks, severe hayfever, etc etc etc
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Blimey. Did they upset the Mafia?
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Andrew T wrote:
Those instructions are fine for driving, but mirrors are also used for reversing into spaces, against kerbs, etc. Not convenient to be altering them repeatedly IMHO, so I will keep mine so I can just see the flanks.
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But you don't need to adjust the mirrors when parking - just move your head a few inches to the side and you can see the flanks.
Seems much more sensible to have the mirrors set for what you do most of the time (driving) rather than what you only do occasionally (parking).
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>Seems much more sensible to have the mirrors set for what you do most of the time <
I'm happy about that. I just don't form the habit of resetting mirrors whenever a different car movement is called for. One downside to the 'mirrors-out' arrangement is that it aggravates the headlights-approaching-from-behind nuisance, which sometimes forces me to tilt the driver's mirror downwards. Of course under those conditions the blind spot is likely to be fairly unimportant.
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If the mirrors are properly adjusted there are no blind spots. >>
Tend to agree, although I've nearly side-swiped another vehicle when joining a motorway via a slip road.
There's no substitute for a glance over the shoulder.
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Many cars have electrically operated mirrors now. I sometimes drop or adjust the angle of the kerbside one when parking if necessary. I think some "posh" cars do this automatically.
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Years ago I bought a round convex mirror to stick on the door mirror outside. I worked very well in eliminating blind spots.
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