I read about this in a Car & Driver when I was still dreaming of a driver's license, so it seems natural to me. After somebody drives for a year or so it's hard to convince them to try it, but I've had a couple converts that are amazed by the added awareness. I think it should be part of every driver's ed. class. Read this PDF

I'd want to wreck that Pontiac Grand Am.

** adjusts mirrors for MAXIMUM BLINDZONEZORZ **

thats pretty cool!

should have checked your blindspot, toni.

foilman wrote:....so it seems natural to me. After somebody drives for a year or so it's hard to convince them to try it, but I've had a couple converts that are amazed by the added awareness. I think it should be part of every driver's ed. class. Read this PDF

Same here. I didn't have the luxury of reading that article though. Ive been using that method since I was 17 and find it very difficult to drive any other way; especially on the interstate.
And for years, I tried to get my parents (mainly my dad) to use that method. But to him, I was just a young kid who'd been driving for less than a year; how could I possibly have a better method than someone who's been driving for 20+ years.
I've asked other people in the past why they have their side view mirros pointing towards the back of the car. Their answer is always the same.... "I need to see the back of the car while Im backing up." That just doesn't make sense to me. Thats what the rear view mirror is for. And besides, most of us spend 95% of our time in a car going straight (or sideways )... not backwards.

Anyway... good find. Im going to send that PDF to my Dad in hopes that he and more people adopt it.

Bwahaha!11 I felt the same way. I always thought "I know where the back of the car is... why do I need to look at it?"... made more sense to point them outwards more. Pretty rad article.

SHUN THE NON-BELIEVERS... SHUUUUNNNNN.

if by SHUN you mean smack then im in.

My truck came equiped with blind spot mirrors. Works great b/c even head checking the passenger side you can't see vehicles below the window line. Towing a trailer also heightens your awareness of where other vehicles are b/c people don't seem to understand that a truck towing stops in longer distances.

Midtenn wrote:My truck came equiped with blind spot mirrors.

Hellzya... I heart my Chevy for that.


People definitely drive like IDIOTS around a trailer. Like they're magnetically stuck by a tractor beam right next to the trailer. My favorites, though... are the people that fly past me up hills, and wonder why I come flyyying down hills. GTFOTW OR DIEEE!1

andysapp wrote: Like they're magnetically stuck by a tractor beam right next to the trailer.

car cover

andysapp wrote:

Midtenn wrote:My truck came equiped with blind spot mirrors.

Hellzya... I heart my Chevy for that.


People definitely drive like IDIOTS around a trailer. Like they're magnetically stuck by a tractor beam right next to the trailer. My favorites, though... are the people that fly past me up hills, and wonder why I come flyyying down hills. GTFOTW OR DIEEE!1

Actually mine is a Ford, but the previous owner put them on. I've learned when I'm trailer to drive defensively. If I'm in a group, we all make sure to keep tight gaps in order to keep people from cutting in and brake checking us. On just about every trip I made last year trailering a car, someone would cut in front of me, slam on the breaks to make a turn or stop at a light (where I could barely stop). I see now why truckers have such discontent with "4-wheelers".