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DrewE
Mar 19, 2016Explorer III
"bubble" mirror on the side mirror...or front fender, if you can mount one there. (I'm talking about the round convex mirrors used by truckers.)
The wide interior mirrors, such as race car drivers use, are effective though they take some getting used to. I suppose their effectiveness may be somewhat less on many modern cars that just plain don't have windows to speak of, except possibly for a picture window in the middle of the roof.
If it's mainly vehicles approaching from the back you're concerned with, and you have a more or less vertical rear window, the stick-on wide angle lenses are inexpensive and effective. If the window is slanted, they're much less useful.
The wide interior mirrors, such as race car drivers use, are effective though they take some getting used to. I suppose their effectiveness may be somewhat less on many modern cars that just plain don't have windows to speak of, except possibly for a picture window in the middle of the roof.
If it's mainly vehicles approaching from the back you're concerned with, and you have a more or less vertical rear window, the stick-on wide angle lenses are inexpensive and effective. If the window is slanted, they're much less useful.
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