Ever had your mirrors hit by a pasing truck?
I was talking to another RVer the other night and we were exchanging stories about driving. Both of us had stories of mirrors being hit by trucks. In his case, his was ripped off. I was lucky, an...
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I was in Mexico driving along a newer two lane section of Mex-185 and unfortunately the contractor had left a 2 foot drop on each side of the road. For miles. And the vegetation re-growth showed it had been that way for quite a while. It was scary just as it was as the road wasn't all that wide either.
Anyway, one of those big commercial buses was heading towards me in the opposite lane and I tried to squeeze myself over as far as I could without flying off the road and rolling two or three times. The bus driver wasn't giving me much room either. Didn't give me an extra inch. Jeese.
Then BANG, my passenger side mirror shattered on impact with a road speed sign placed too close to the road! Idiots! Thought I'd been shot. No glass was lost as the mirror had a sticky backed heater stuck to the back of it. It was just in too many pieces to use though. It did put some scratches on the mirror casing and bent the large stainless steel bolt used as the pivot but it stayed in place.
When I got to Mazatlan, asked my taxi driver friend if he knew where I could get a new one made. Two hours and $20 later I had two new mirrors. Had to install it myself, but it wasn't that difficult. The 2nd one was a spare in case it happened again.
Anyway, one of those big commercial buses was heading towards me in the opposite lane and I tried to squeeze myself over as far as I could without flying off the road and rolling two or three times. The bus driver wasn't giving me much room either. Didn't give me an extra inch. Jeese.
Then BANG, my passenger side mirror shattered on impact with a road speed sign placed too close to the road! Idiots! Thought I'd been shot. No glass was lost as the mirror had a sticky backed heater stuck to the back of it. It was just in too many pieces to use though. It did put some scratches on the mirror casing and bent the large stainless steel bolt used as the pivot but it stayed in place.
When I got to Mazatlan, asked my taxi driver friend if he knew where I could get a new one made. Two hours and $20 later I had two new mirrors. Had to install it myself, but it wasn't that difficult. The 2nd one was a spare in case it happened again.
