You can get wide-angle mirrors to stick on your side mirrors in those cases. I was looking into buying those when I discovered the wide-angle technique, which I tried instead.
Now I also adjust my mirrors this way: tilt your head left until it almost touches the window and point the left side mirror straight back from that perspective so you can just see the side of your car. When you bring your head back up to normal, you can see your former “blind spot”, and can still see straight back in that mirror by tilting your head left. Tilt your head right by the same amount to adjust your right mirror the same way.
You should be able to see a car passing you in the lane to your left (or right) in your rear-view mirror, side mirror, and then side window (in your peripheral vision, while your head is still pointed forwards), without ever losing sight of it.
I have heard that some driving schools teach it that way now. Mine didn’t.
Another caveat: this setup is probably not optimal for backing out in reverse. Straight back and a bit downwards seems better. Even better is a reverse camera, which you can often install after-market if you don’t already have one.
You can get wide-angle mirrors to stick on your side mirrors in those cases. I was looking into buying those when I discovered the wide-angle technique, which I tried instead.
I adjust my mirrors they way you do (so they show the “blind spot”), but I also have the stick on mirrors which make the view even better. They’re also helpful if the back of my car is full and I need to use the side-mirrors-pointing-backwards method.
I’m completely baffled by the fact that wide-angle mirrors aren’t standard features since the stick-on versions cost $2 and I suspect mass-manufactured, it wouldn’t be particularly expensive to add a non-stick-on version at production time.
You can get wide-angle mirrors to stick on your side mirrors in those cases. I was looking into buying those when I discovered the wide-angle technique, which I tried instead.
Now I also adjust my mirrors this way: tilt your head left until it almost touches the window and point the left side mirror straight back from that perspective so you can just see the side of your car. When you bring your head back up to normal, you can see your former “blind spot”, and can still see straight back in that mirror by tilting your head left. Tilt your head right by the same amount to adjust your right mirror the same way.
You should be able to see a car passing you in the lane to your left (or right) in your rear-view mirror, side mirror, and then side window (in your peripheral vision, while your head is still pointed forwards), without ever losing sight of it.
I have heard that some driving schools teach it that way now. Mine didn’t.
Another caveat: this setup is probably not optimal for backing out in reverse. Straight back and a bit downwards seems better. Even better is a reverse camera, which you can often install after-market if you don’t already have one.
I adjust my mirrors they way you do (so they show the “blind spot”), but I also have the stick on mirrors which make the view even better. They’re also helpful if the back of my car is full and I need to use the side-mirrors-pointing-backwards method.
I’m completely baffled by the fact that wide-angle mirrors aren’t standard features since the stick-on versions cost $2 and I suspect mass-manufactured, it wouldn’t be particularly expensive to add a non-stick-on version at production time.