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Righto, here's a puzzler.
I've always been taught (by people that I'd trust to know their stuff... an ex ambulance driver, IAM (they're anal about stuff like steering, but mirror tech hasn't changed as much in the 50 years since they wrote the book
) etc that you should set up the wingmirrors so you just see the edges of the vehicle in the mirrors when driving normally (so not leaning around in the seat a lot).
People on the internet have been saying "Set it up so you can only just not-see your car, it gets rid of a blind spot.
Anyone here tested these two ideas against each other and found out which one is actually better? I'm confused (not going to change the van setup though, no rear window! More for any possible benefit in the car!)
I've always been taught (by people that I'd trust to know their stuff... an ex ambulance driver, IAM (they're anal about stuff like steering, but mirror tech hasn't changed as much in the 50 years since they wrote the book
) etc that you should set up the wingmirrors so you just see the edges of the vehicle in the mirrors when driving normally (so not leaning around in the seat a lot).People on the internet have been saying "Set it up so you can only just not-see your car, it gets rid of a blind spot.
Anyone here tested these two ideas against each other and found out which one is actually better? I'm confused (not going to change the van setup though, no rear window! More for any possible benefit in the car!)
blunder13 said:
Only old people call them 'wing mirrors'. They are door mirrors when attached to the door. I had a Triumph Herald, that had wing mirrors. But yeah as above, this has been covered before.
That's a misconception, I have heard people who aren't old enough to have seen proper wing mirrors call them that. Must have been handed down through the generations eh!Gassing Station | Advanced Driving | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff