[DeTomaso] 360 degree vision

[Asa Jay Laughton]

I've been doing it that way for over 30 years.  It's the way my Dad
taught me when I was first learning to drive.  No "wink" mirror required.

Good write up Mikael,
Asa  Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 8/21/2014 1:38 PM, Mikael wrote:
> Let's talk mirrors, it might improve your safety.
>
> Sitting in the driver's seat, you should aim to get a full 360 degrees view
> of what's going on around the car. The front 180 degrees are usually covered
> by your eyes, maybe  moving the head a little. The rear 90 degrees or less
> are covered by the windshield mounted mirror. And the side mirrors usually
> cover the rear of your car and some of the side, rearward facing. But in all
> cars I've taken over after somebody, the side mirrors have been angled so
> they overlap the windshield mirror. Or to put it another way, a car behind
> you can be seen by you in all three mirrors. That means that you have
> approximately 45 degrees of unseen territory on each side, the blind angle
> that crafty engineers try to compensate for by optional warning systems.
>
> But there's a simpler solution, one that I have now used for 10 years. Turn
> each side mirror out until you can see that blind angle. That means that you
> can't see the car behind you in the side mirrors, but why show the same
> thing trice, and have something being invisible? Side mirrors should be set
> so that when a car overtakes you on the freeway, first you see it in the
> windshield mirror, then in the side mirror, then in the corner of your eye.
> Ideally the car must not be invisible at any time during the overtaking, no
> blind angle, and it mustn't be fully visible in two places at once. It must
> be a natural flow from one mirror to the other to your eyes. Hope I
> explained it well.
>
> It does take some getting used to. You have to learn to not look for cars
> behind you in side mirrors. But soon you'll get used to having 360 degrees
> of vision. I know I'll never go back.
>
> Another thought on this is that if everybody used their side mirrors like
> this, not having to see what's behind you and the rear fender, in the side
> mirror, then the mirror faces could be placed inside the car instead of
> outside. That would reduce world fuel consumption by 2-3% and noise levels a
> bit also. Just saying...;^)
>
>
>
> Mvh/Regards
> Mikael
>
>
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