Thus spake "E. Meyer" <epmeyer50@msn.com> :

>On 8/28/09 9:11 PM, in article h7a2i7$2dr$2@news.eternal-september.org,
>"Grumpy AuContraire" <Grumpy@GrumpyOneNot.net> wrote:
>
>> Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>>
>>> In article <ta0695h6bd2jp7q32g6lblvl072b6ur8ln@4ax.com>,
>>> Dillon Pyron <invaliddmpyron@austin.rr.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Not to be smashing on anyone (especially you) but I just drive aware.
>>>> I do the three mirror scan, I hit the two gauges, I do the head flick
>>>> when I lane change.
>>>
>>>
>>> If you "do the head flick" when you change lanes, that's no doubt
>>> because your mirrors are set incorrectly.
>>>
>>> With correctly set mirrors, there is no blind spot and you can see cars
>>> as they move out of your rear view mirror and into your side view
>>> mirror, and from your side view mirror into your main vision at your
>>> side.
>>>
>>> The most "flicking" you should ever have to do is over to the side
>>> mirror.
>>
>>
>>
>> Er, you've obviously never driven in Texas where they have mastered the
>> skill of finding every blind spot imaginable.
>>
>> Personally, I have never had any vehicle with total foolproof mirrors to
>> cover blindspots. Any mirror that does so seriously distorts the
>> picture as to range and position..
>>
>> JT
>>
>
>I remember the '55 Olds had the side mirrors way forward on the fenders
>towards the front of the car. No blind spots, but adjusting them was a real
>PITA.

Ankle weights and second story balcony railings would have fixed that
problem.

I have some pictures from the early 70s of Datsuns and Hondas with
that kind of mirror.
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