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Originally Posted by Maglight  Adjust you mirrors so that you can only see the door handle and the line that divides the road. This gives you a bigger field of view to your blind spots. Your side view mirrors are for just that side view so if you are looking to your rear you aren't really using them right. The rear view is what you need to use to see what is behind you.
The hardest thing is getting used to driving with your mirrors our like that, but once you get used to it you have such an easier time knowing your blind spots are not as invisible as they used to be. |
I agree...but would recommend going even a little further (so you don't see the door handles). This is one of the hardest things to explain to young drivers and can only come with confidence gained over time. Properly-adjusted side mirrors work - believe it!
But I have to pass on words of wisdom from a friend who is a spirited driver and Italian...she had the rear-view mirror pushed up and out of the way and would say, "wha's behind - ees not 'portant".