Avoiding the blind spot for years we d been setting our side view mirrors so that they gave us a view of the back corner of our cars.
Car mirror blind spot adjustment.
How to adjust the rear view mirror to avoid blind spots.
This means the blind spot for a particularly tall driver is substantially smaller.
This repositions the mirror so that the bottom edge is 1 inch 2 5 cm 2 inches 5 1 cm higher than it is normally.
Clean and completely dry your side mirror with any traditional mirror cleaner and cloth microfiber works best peel off the paper sticker at the back of the blind spot mirror and place it on the desired area use a cloth or towel to gently press down against.
Adjustable blind spot mirrors may cost a bit more but the added versatility is often worth the extra cost.
Just lean on over to the right until your head is about centered between the driver s seat and passenger seat.
When you sit up straight in the driver s seat you shouldn t be able to see your own car at all.
Adjusting their vehicle s mirrors is something all drivers do as a normal routine.
To set your rear view mirrors in order to eliminate blind spots start by leaning your head to the left so that your head is almost touching the window.
Lean to the left.
Then adjust the mirror until you can just barely see the slightest sliver of the side of your car.
The paper advocates adjusting the mirrors so far.
First position yourself in line with the centre console or rear view mirror.
Now move the passenger side mirror away from you until you can t see any part of your car anymore.
Again adjust the mirror so that you can just about see the side of the car.
To adjust the driver s side mirror lean until your forehead touches the window glass.
But according to the society of automotive engineers sae and car and dri.
The rear view mirror is exactly that it allows you to see whatever is directly behind your car.
Lastly some blind spot mirrors are constructed from aluminum rather than plastic.
After figuring out the desired placement.
Once your driver s side is set lean towards the center counsel in the car.
The society of automotive engineers sae published a paper in 1995 suggesting how outside mirrors could be adjusted to eliminate blind spots.