No blind spot mirror

No

When I make a 45-degree turn to enter another lane, it's hard for me to see the approaching vehicles from behind. I find this to be very dangerous when the vehicles are really fast and seems to be coming out of nowhere. Turning at this angle creates blind spots because of the vehicle frames blocking your view and your side and rear view mirrors are useless because they're pointing at different directions. I think a good solution to this is to widen the angle of these mirrors to increase the field-of-view. Make the mirror angles wide enough so that there are no longer blind spots.

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You know those glasses they put on convenience stores? I'm thinking the same thing when it comes to side mirrors. Those convex lenses have really wide angles. Put this in cars it will be really hard to sneak up on you from behind.

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these types of mirrors should be automatically put in all cars, it's so smart?

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@ewagnergn So... it has no drawbacks, reduces the chances of side swiping into cars and isn't installed in normal vehicles because??

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@dcoopergo no because just the fact that they aren't installed because people would complain and then the company would have a giant recall. so use your own judgement and make the call. I think it's genius. that's just me.?

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@vshawgp I need this for my new 2016 Dodge Charger. horrible blind spots.?

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Not easy to say, but I like it.?

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Wow, I had a wink mirror back in the 80's that was way better, you could actually see EVERYTHING on either side of the car- both lanes. You guys are a few decades late and a bit of rearview short.?

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@here to buy here in UAE??

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@id anyone find we're to get one??

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@roadway mirror knock off.??

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@mazon

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problem is u can't use the sun visors...unless u always want sunglasses on hand for u and ur passengers ur pretty much screwed?

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@scoxgy Ensure smart, safe driving?

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I guess that this makes sense while driving, but when backing up I prefer to be able to see my car in the side-view mirrors (I'm a poor person whose car doesn't have a rear-view camera).

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@lshawgz I don't have a backup cam either and I don't really use my side view mirrors when backing up.

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@lshawgz ?I tend to actually turn around when I'm backing up because I don't really trust the mirror's depth perception.

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@npetersh1 Get bubble mirrors.

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@npetersh1 ?helps a great deal.

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i'm so poor that both my mirrors are manually operated. it's a pain in the ass every single time i have to adjust the passenger mirror

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@ablackh4 totally agree with you. i feel that if i can't see the sides of my car on the side mirrors, i'm missing something between the road and my car. Better safe than sorry.

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I've always gone by the rule - sit comfortably and where you'd be if you were driving, then adjust the driver's side mirror so the edge closest to you just reflects a smidgen of your own car rear quarter panel or whatever is first in view, then repeat for the passenger side mirror, again so you can just see your own car

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@efreemanh6 I don't have a rear view camera either

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@efreemanh6 ?If my kids are out when i'm moving our vehicle, they are to stand off to the side where i can see them clearly until i'm done moving

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@rdunnh8 The problem is, with your method a vehicle can leave the mirror's area before it enters your actual peripheral vision.

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@rdunnh8 trust me, carefully watch a few cars they go by and you'll realize it's covering a much better area.

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@rdunnh8 you're actually leaving?bigger?blind spots that way

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I set my mirrors so a car next to me is appearing in the side mirror as it's leaving the central mirror, and have virtually no blind spots at all.

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@grussellhe A car that's not in the side mirror is visible in your peripheral vision with just a slight turn of your head.

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the mirror certainly seems to provide a wide, quite undistorted image, though the objects in the mirror are certainly smaller than they appear

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