[DeTomaso] 360 degree vision

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Thu Aug 21 22:48:18 EDT 2014


Mirrors?? What mirrors? "What is behind me is not important!!!!" (said with a thick Italian accent!) 




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From: "Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay at asajay.com> 
To: detomaso at poca.com 
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 6:52:45 PM 
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 360 degree vision 

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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   Mirrors?? What mirrors?   "What is behind me is not important!!!!"
   (said with a thick Italian accent!)
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   From: "Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay at asajay.com>
   To: detomaso at poca.com
   Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 6:52:45 PM
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 360 degree vision
   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
   ******************************
   http://www.racingagainstautism.com
   http://www.teampanteraracing.com
   http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
   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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