No Blind Spot Rear View Mirror

[Pardus]

Anyone ever use one of these rear view mirrors, don't like the cheap sticky ones people use on there outside mirrors. Those give you a tiny field of view and wear/fall off over time and look like crap.

http://www.amazon.com/Allview-Rearvi...dp/B0015FYQ90/
http://www.skymall.com/shopping/detail.htm?pid=102592854

I saw one of these in a someone's truck parked next to me at the mall, looked kinda cool. Yea.. yea, i know, if you adjust your mirrors properly, this is not needed. Mine are, but still some assholes like to hang out in my blind spot on the highway, pisses me off.

My concern is will it be too heavy and brake the mount of my existing mirror and will it interfere with the sun visor.

 

[ISAslot]

This is onstar... this is onstar... this is onstar...

 

[Moonrise]

They aren't too heavy so it shouldn't be an issue really. I know a guy that uses one, he loves it because it eliminates blind spots and acts as a second window shade in the middle of the windshield, haha.

 

[NutBucket]

The issue I have is that you loose the auto-dim feature or the day-night feature (depends on what the stock mirror has). Other than that they're quite handy. Our SUV has blind spot mirrors integrated into the side mirrors. Very handy. I noticed a few Fords have it too.

 

[Pardus]

The issue I have is that you loose the auto-dim feature or the day-night feature (depends on what the stock mirror has). Other than that they're quite handy. Our SUV has blind spot mirrors integrated into the side mirrors. Very handy. I noticed a few Fords have it too.

Yep, the 2013 Ford Fusion has it built in and looks ok.

The aftermarket ones, look cheap, couldn't find one that was seamless looking.

 

[LTC8K6]

Anyone ever use one of these rear view mirrors, don't like the cheap sticky ones people use on there outside mirrors. Those give you a tiny field of view and wear/fall off over time and look like crap.

http://www.amazon.com/Allview-Rearvi...dp/B0015FYQ90/
http://www.skymall.com/shopping/detail.htm?pid=102592854

I saw one of these in a someone's truck parked next to me at the mall, looked kinda cool. Yea.. yea, i know, if you adjust your mirrors properly, this is not needed. Mine are, but still some assholes like to hang out in my blind spot on the highway, pisses me off.

My concern is will it be too heavy and brake the mount of my existing mirror and will it interfere with the sun visor.

I don't need to see all of that. Would drive me nuts.

 

[Nyati13]

Get an inside blind spot side mirror (sometimes referred to as an autobahn mirror)

http://www.amazon.com/AutoBahn-AB01-.../dp/B0074BOERI

 

[marvdmartian]

Set your mirrors the right way, and you pretty much eliminate blind spots anyways. Even so, this doesn't excuse the half second it takes to glance in your blind spot, when changing lanes, so you don't miss something (motorcycles, for instance, which are notoriously harder to see).

The best method I've seen is to sit in your driver's seat, with the windows up. Lean over to your left, until your head is resting against the window/upper door frame, and adjust the driver's side mirror so you can just see down that side of your car. Now lean just as far as you can to the right (without your butt leaving the seat), and adjust the passenger side mirror the same way.

NOW your side mirrors will pick up your blind spot, and you won't be so likely to miss something. Try it. You'll notice, before long, that when a car overtakes you from behind on the freeway, you'll see them in your side mirrors before they disappear from your inside rear view mirror.....thus, no blind spot. :thumbsup:

 

[Murloc]

meh I prefer to avoid losing features and money when I can just glance before changing lane.
I adjust the side mirrors so that I see only a small part of the car on it and keep them high enough since I mostly do autobahn driving and not much parking. I don't know if I have a blind spot or not, better to check anyway, you don't want to forget to do it when you rent a car after years of doing the same thing, I also drive other people's cars.

 

[Pardus]

Thanks marvdmartian, will try that. Today I went to home depot to pick up some shelving, low and behold when i came out, my car was surrounded by a escalade on one side and a surburban on the other side.

Just love backing out and you can't see shit, the other drivers see you backing out but they proceed to fly by you anyway. Would be nice iif there was a mirror of on the trunk somehow.

 

[nerp]

I don't have severe neck problems so I just check my blind spots and rely on properly-adjusted side mirrors. People love to point them so they show straight back along the side of the car. Never understood that. That's what your rear view is doing. Push those things out to the sides. What I do is sit normally in the driver's seat as if I'm driving. Then I adjust the mirrors so they begin right where my rear view mirror ends. This gives you a very wide field of view and there is no overlap.

Still check the blind spot every time with a quick head pivot.

 

[sgrinavi]

Full version

 

[Pardus]

Full version

LOL, that can't be real.

 

[Howard]

LOL, that can't be real.

If that isn't a photochop then it's a very clean install.

 

[JulesMaximus]

You know, if you just adjust your mirrors properly, none of this bullshit is necessary.

 

[Howard]

You know, if you just adjust your mirrors properly, none of this bullshit is necessary.

Most cars will have blind spots regardless of how the factory mirrors are set up. Whether or not those blind spots affect driving depends on what the situation is.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Most cars will have blind spots regardless of how the factory mirrors are set up. Whether or not those blind spots affect driving depends on what the situation is.

Yeah, and a slight glance to the left or right is all that is necessary to eliminate those blind spots. This is pretty much Basic Driving Skills 101.

 

[Howard]

Yeah, and a slight glance to the left or right is all that is necessary to eliminate those blind spots. This is pretty much Basic Driving Skills 101.

Well I hope you never back over someone else's dumb kid, with your Basic Driving Skill 101.

 

[NutBucket]

And that's why backup cameras are going to be mandated in the next few years. Can't recall when it goes into effect.

 

[Eureka]

Try driving a miata with a soft top (or just about any convertible). Tiny side mirrors + small rear window = blind spots, no matter how you adjust it.

The more vision the better.

 

[mikeymikec]

The more vision the better.

More eyes. Have a head like a fly's, problem solved

 

[sgrinavi]

LOL, that can't be real.

If that isn't a photochop then it's a very clean install.

They sell wide mirrors like that, you see them at the track sometimes.

 

[olds]

I am a AAA driving instructor (among other things) and I have to teach mirror settings. There is a way to reduce blind spots but as far as I am concerned, it make it harder to back.

Random Google:
http://internationalcenter.umich.edu/events/handouts/Enhanced_Mirror_Setting_Handout_2011.pdf

 

[Murloc]

Well I hope you never back over someone else's dumb kid, with your Basic Driving Skill 101.

If a toddler is behind and close to your car it doesn't matter how many mirrors you have, it's still not visible unless you have a back-up camera.

 

[gorb]

in my old car, i did the whole "put your head against your window and adjust the mirror/lean to the right and do the same" thing and it worked out great. the mirrors in my new car won't go that far