The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) published a paper in 1995 suggesting how outside mirrors could be adjusted to eliminate blind spots. This article expands on that paper.
I switched a few months ago. It took a while to get used to it, but I feel like I have a better picture of what’s happening around me.
Have you tried this? Did you switch back?
I’ve tried it before but have found that it’s not my preference. I think it’s because occasionally, I’ll use my side mirrors to make sure I’m between lines when reverse parking, throwing off how everything was specially adjusted.
Instead, and for whatever reason, I’ve learned that I’m pretty fond of the small blind spot mirrors that fit into the corners of a vehicle’s side mirrors.
When adjusted the way the article has stated, moving your head slightly to see the lines is trivial.
Plus, being parked slightly off-center or dinging a car in a parking lot is nowhere near as bad as causing a potentially deadly crash by merging into another car at high-speed.
I’m having difficulty backing into parking spots with the mirrors set this way, too. I don’t do it too often, and I was hoping someone here had a solution.
See my comment above.