Trusting your mirrors
"Trust your mirrors" - I read that phrase here in a thread about solo RVing. Even when I am just driving my tow vehicle (Dodge RAM 2500 with a shell), I seem to always wish I could see more, of cours...
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The mirrors on my Ford F350 are pretty good, almost as good as mirrors on big trucks; the convex part is quite large and shows objects almost up to the driver doors. In eleven years, I have not yet (knock on wood!) to have a undetected vehicle in my blind spot. (In a big truck, because the driver is so high off the ground, it may be impossible to see a vehicle near the right front fender. I don't have that problem in a pickup.)
Never trust backup cameras. In my regular car, I would back up looking mostly at the backup camera screen. TWICE I scratched a rear fender because I wasn't paying close attention to the side mirrors. The guy at the body shop said that he LOVES backup cameras because they really keep him in business. Now I watch the side mirrors AND the backup camera screen when backing into a parking spot.
Never trust backup cameras. In my regular car, I would back up looking mostly at the backup camera screen. TWICE I scratched a rear fender because I wasn't paying close attention to the side mirrors. The guy at the body shop said that he LOVES backup cameras because they really keep him in business. Now I watch the side mirrors AND the backup camera screen when backing into a parking spot.
