Left Mirror

[Vladimir2306]

HOW do you go about doing this?
Let me be clear: I think I am not the only American that would benefit from this.

We have a European standard of mirrors. The left mirror is the same as the right one. Therefore, we just have mirror masters cut out a tedious element for a specific car from a piece of mirror, then you come to it, they remove the American left mirror, peel off the heated interior from it and glue it to a European mirror. And put it back. All this takes 20 minutes of time. It costs about $100

 

[Doubeleive]

There are different situations, for example, when I'm driving in the second row and someone brakes sharply in front, I have to see that the left is clean, and not peer into the yellow lights, or when you go out on the highway, then accelerating you go two lanes to the left .. And the control of dead zones does not work there

I have been driving for 41 years, I have yet to run into a person on my left or my right for that matter
there have been some close calls, lol
once I ran into a post base, but some person had removed the post and left the base so it was below my field of view and I had parked in front of it and didn't realize it.
oh and I ran over a stop sign once lol

 

[Vladimir2306]

I have been driving for 41 years, I have yet to run into a person on my left or my right for that matter
there have been some close calls, lol
once I ran into a post base, but some person had removed the post and left the base so it was below my field of view and I had parked in front of it and didn't realize it.
oh and I ran over a stop sign once lol

What I see in the video is the narrow streets of a small town, where I drive it is a lot of shelf tracks with 5-6 lanes in one direction. In which you have to move left and right, sometimes even quite sharply, because taxi drivers who do not know the city create obstacles or women))))
But he won't notice the sign, it was cool)) =

 

[Larryjb]

#1. My mirrors are adjusted so that the sides of my vehicle just disappear from view. This way, a vehicle coming up from behind will move from the rear view mirror to your side view mirror. By the time the vehicle passes out of view in the side mirror, it will be visible out my side window.

#2. It is my responsibility to be always aware of what is around me at all times. Every few seconds I do a quick scan of what is behind and beside me.

#3. I keep enough distance between me and the vehicle in front that if it were to brake suddenly, I have time to stop. Additionally, I try to keep an escape route available at all times (to the left or right). The following distance also allows me to do a quick shoulder check towards the lane I am planning to move to. If shoulder checking puts me in an unsafe situation, I am either following too closely to the vehicle in front, or I am driving too fast.

I have never had or caused an accident due to shoulder checking. In fact, shoulder checking has prevented an accident.

Cheers.

 

[Tonyrodz]

I have been driving for 41 years, I have yet to run into a person on my left or my right for that matter
there have been some close calls, lol
once I ran into a post base, but some person had removed the post and left the base so it was below my field of view and I had parked in front of it and didn't realize it.
oh and I ran over a stop sign once lol

Just as guys stopped busting your chops.....lol

 

[Larryjb]

Pulling a trailer from BC to CA and through LA taught me a lot about being aware and scanning. When pulling trailer, you don't have the same stopping distance or maneuverability.

I wished I had saved a dash cam video of a semi driver that must have been falling asleep going up the Grapevine. He almost sideswiped another semi trying to pass him. I chilled and stayed behind him the whole time, with a ton of distance.

 

[Vladimir2306]

#1. My mirrors are adjusted so that the sides of my vehicle just disappear from view. This way, a vehicle coming up from behind will move from the rear view mirror to your side view mirror. By the time the vehicle passes out of view in the side mirror, it will be visible out my side window.

#2. It is my responsibility to be always aware of what is around me at all times. Every few seconds I do a quick scan of what is behind and beside me.

#3. I keep enough distance between me and the vehicle in front that if it were to brake suddenly, I have time to stop. Additionally, I try to keep an escape route available at all times (to the left or right). The following distance also allows me to do a quick shoulder check towards the lane I am planning to move to. If shoulder checking puts me in an unsafe situation, I am either following too closely to the vehicle in front, or I am driving too fast.

I have never had or caused an accident due to shoulder checking. In fact, shoulder checking has prevented an accident.

Cheers.

We are taught to set up mirrors like this. So that the side of the car is visible in them. The side of the car is, first of all, a ruler, a landmark, when you see the car in the mirror, you correlate it with the side of the car, understanding where it is, next to your car or further. And when the mirror is configured so that the sides of the car are not visible, then the objects in the mirror become not tied to anything. I have also been driving for many years, already 25 and I drive many kilometers a year, and I have never had an accident through my fault, while driving fast enough)))

 

[Larryjb]

My suggestion for the mirrors comes from several other professional drivers, including law enforcement. It is not soley from me.

 

[Tonyrodz]

My suggestion for the mirrors comes from several other professional drivers, including law enforcement. It is not soley from me.

Different countries, so different rules(of engagement lol).

 

[Doubeleive]

What I see in the video is the narrow streets of a small town, where I drive it is a lot of shelf tracks with 5-6 lanes in one direction. In which you have to move left and right, sometimes even quite sharply, because taxi drivers who do not know the city create obstacles or women))))
But he won't notice the sign, it was cool)) =

this is about as many lanes as we have right here, but you won't ever find me camped out in the right lane