Posted on: 14-11-06 17:09:00
I got this in email and have not validated/exprienced myself. Just thought to share with you guys.
Excerpts from National Safety Council on Safe Driving.
Some of the most serious preventable accidents occur because of blind spots while driving! Now there is a remarkable simple solution discovered by an engineer named George Platter. He presented his method at the prestigious Society of Automotive Engineers.
The National Safety Council tested his theory and discovered, to their amazement, that it works! The method has been fully endorsed by the
National Safety Council as described in their September/October issue of Traffic Safety. Here's how it works.
First, forget how we learned to adjust our outside mirrors by plopping behind the steering wheel and turning the mirrors so that we just saw the side of our car looking back at us in the mirrors.
Instead, adjust the driver's side mirror by resting your head against the driver's side window and then turning the mirror so that you just see the side of your car.
Once this is set, move to the center of the vehicle and turn the passenger side mirror so that you can just see the side of your car from the center of the vehicle.
That's it. You won't see your own car in either mirror, yet what you will see is far better. Cars behind you show up as usual in the inside rear-view mirror above the dash, but the instant the car leaves your field of vision from the rear-view mirror the outside mirror picks it up. No blind spot; no delays; no wondering where that car about to pass you has disappeared to, and no waiting a few seconds for the car that you just saw in your rear-view mirror to show up in your outside mirrors.
All three mirrors work in harmony with one another, and the blind spot has been eliminated!
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A Proud Indian Canadian
I've gotto try this one...anyone tried it yet?
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Originally posted by jake3d
I've gotto try this one...anyone tried it yet?
Yes, I've been doing it for years. I can barely see the sides of my car in the side mirrors. it works exactly as stated. Additionally I do have the little round mirrors affixed to my passenger side mirror, that helps during back parking or curb-side parking.
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Reiki Grand Master
Yes ! It works as stated .
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We will find a way or we will make one
It works as stated but the blind spot will be still there which is more likely covered by our eye sight through the side window glasses.
As GG said, it "Minimizes" the blind spot and does not completely eliminate the blind spot.
And moreover, with this method you can see the cars on your second next lane (on you side mirrors) which is of no use and creates confusions for new drivers.
I tried this method and it works very well. It does not create any confusion to me at all.
Also if it shows cars in the second lane, it is an advantage as you could see them crossing lanes.
I am going to keep this setting.
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A Proud Indian Canadian
Yes it works well. Only I have a problem while backing out of my garage. The garage doorway and the driveway border stones are difficult to see.
Back to the old way for me. I'll probably use this method for long road trips though.
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