Adjusting side view mirrors

Maybe a good technique for a car, but not for a TV. For towing you need to see what is behind you and where the trailer is.

Convex mirrors are for blind spots. Who tows without a proper set of mirrors? (A bunch of people... I know) :S

dodge guy wrote:
Talk about setting people up for problems! First I've never set my mirrors that way. How can you tell the relationship of the car in the mirror against your car? You just can't verify where the car is exactly located. I set my mirrors so I can see the very edge of the side of the car. This gives me the perspective of my car and the car in the next lane! I always look in the mirror and give a quick glance to make sure no one is next to me. Either way you set the mirror you should always give a quick glance to make sure no one is next to you!

I've gotten into customers cars at work that have their mirrors set like the article suggests. I'm always wondering where the side of the car is! Can't be too safe to set them like that!

That was what I thought when I first tried it until I realized how much this reduced the possibility of missing someone in my blind spot. Besides, I know where the side of my car is!

dodge guy wrote:
Talk about setting people up for problems! First I've never set my mirrors that way. How can you tell the relationship of the car in the mirror against your car? You just can't verify where the car is exactly located. I set my mirrors so I can see the very edge of the side of the car. This gives me the perspective of my car and the car in the next lane! I always look in the mirror and give a quick glance to make sure no one is next to me. Either way you set the mirror you should always give a quick glance to make sure no one is next to you!

I've gotten into customers cars at work that have their mirrors set like the article suggests. I'm always wondering where the side of the car is! Can't be too safe to set them like that!

You are one of many who set their mirrors wrong and it is very dangerous, you don't need to see your car in the mirror that just gives you dangerous blind spots, you are in the car and it there is something that close to you, you will see it in your mirror if it is set correctly.

Talk about setting people up for problems! First I've never set my mirrors that way. How can you tell the relationship of the car in the mirror against your car? You just can't verify where the car is exactly located. I set my mirrors so I can see the very edge of the side of the car. This gives me the perspective of my car and the car in the next lane! I always look in the mirror and give a quick glance to make sure no one is next to me. Either way you set the mirror you should always give a quick glance to make sure no one is next to you!

I've gotten into customers cars at work that have their mirrors set like the article suggests. I'm always wondering where the side of the car is! Can't be too safe to set them like that!

I would guess that over half of the people pulling RVs around here don't have mirrors that stick out far enough to go past what they are towing which is also scary.

N-Trouble wrote:
Video doesn't apply to most "tow" mirrors. The tow mirrors on many HD trucks have two separate pieces of glass. My 2012 GMC has a large uppper mirror that I adjust to where I can still see the side of my truck while the lower/smaller convex mirror I adjust further out to pickup blind spots.

This was exactly what I was thinking. We have extra blind spot mirrors plus rearview mirrow is worthless when towing.

Thanks for sharing

My Dad taught me this way to adjust mirrors when I was 15 years old getting ready to learn to drive!
I am now 74 and still do it to all my vehicles!
Good Luck & Drive Safe!

Video doesn't apply to most "tow" mirrors. The tow mirrors on many HD trucks have two separate pieces of glass. My 2012 GMC has a large uppper mirror that I adjust to where I can still see the side of my truck while the lower/smaller convex mirror I adjust further out to pickup blind spots.

I would say the majority of vehicles I have followed do no adjust mirrors this way. When I can can see myself in all three of the vehicle in front of mine's mirrors, I stay out of his blind spot or pass quickly with wide berth. :)