Car mirrors

[dunvilsteev]

I must admit to having had MY car set up improperly. Take less than 2 minutes to properly adjust the mirrors on your car, saving both your life and others.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwzUE6PHk4U]YouTube- AutoFocus - Are your car mirrors adjusted correctly?[/ame]

[SilvrT]

Interesting name for what he's doing "Eytalis" ... lol

 

Not necessarilly something that a person can do on car mirrors but on every truck or van that I've owned I always put those small convex mirrors on. Makes a world of difference once you get the hang of using them.

[GaryZ]

I commented on another forum about this method.

It is my opinion that it works for those people unwilling or unable to turn and glance over their shoulder.

This method does not work for me because I regularly tow a small trailer and heavily depend on my side view mirrors for backing.

[dunvilsteev]

I find it makes a world of difference. You do use the rear view mirror more for whats behind you, so I can understand it being of no use to someone towing. But for eliminating that side blind spot, works great. It is AAA and CAA approved.

And last time I looked my neck works just fine......

[barend]

Uhhh ........howd he make them mirrers move without touching?

 

Should Ah point them up or down?

 

Ah ain't got no mirrers .......

 

If'n ah move them thar mirrers by hand, willit still work??

 

Mah mirror is done broke off ....

 

:stickpoke:

[dunvilsteev]

Uhhh ........howd he make them mirrers move without touching?

 

Should Ah point them up or down?

 

Ah ain't got no mirrers .......

 

If'n ah move them thar mirrers by hand, willit still work??

 

Mah mirror is done broke off ....

 

:stickpoke:

 

Was done wid his brane, he gest thunk it and lordee dey gest moved....

 

[1 Canuck]

Was done wid his brane, he gest thunk it and lordee dey gest moved....

 

He look lika one of dem univercity pruffessor smart feller's

[camos]

I watched the video but could not hear what he said, no computer speakers, but think I got the gist of it. Probably similar to what I've been doing for decades. The way I set my side mirrors is to first make sure the rear view is centred on the back window then watch a passing car in the rear view mirror and set the side mirror so that vehicle is visible before moving out of range of the rear view and with the passing car visible in the side mirror until it can be seen in my peripheral vision. To verify the setting is correct, with my head against the side window I can just see the rear of my vehicle in the side mirror and a similar movement towards the centre of the car checks the other side.

 

Knowing your mirrors are set to provide 360 vision makes a shoulder check about 90% unnecessary although I still find myself doing it because I'm used to doing it on the bike. This mirror adjustment also seems to work OK when backing a trailer just by leaning a little left or right.

 

I put a pair of the convex mirrors on the Virago just before it went on the road in Jan but so far I have not come to terms with their usefulness. I find myself leaning over to look around them. Perhaps they were put in the wrong spot, the inside end of the mirror, and a move to the outside lower corner will be less intrusive.