safety issue - blind spot warning

[JamboF4]

Mirrors and turning your head not work?

Haha…yes.

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[iforbes]

With no animosity or ill intent, it sounds like OP is the major safety issue.
Plus, just generally not a fan of click-baity thread titles.

 

[SwampNut]

In my experience, people tend to adjust their mirrors so they can see the sides of their car.

As most people should. This myth about splaying them outward needs to die. It appears to have been started as just FaceBook clickbait and took on its own life.

 

[Count Orlok]

If you signal,

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[iforbes]

As most people should. This myth about splaying them outward needs to die. It appears to have been started as just FaceBook clickbait and took on its own life.

Disagree. Been driving going on 40 years, long before Facebook. Side view mirrors and rear view mirror should create a, let’s say, panoramic picture.
So a car is passing on your drivers side, it is disappearing from the outer edge of your rear view and appearing on the inner edge of your side view. This way there are zero blind spots.

You know the location of the side of your car. If you see the side of your car (that never moves relative to you) in your side view you have a huge blind spot that a car can be sitting in but that you can not see.

 

[SwampNut]

Always turn your head. Mirrors don't replace this at all. The suggestions to do so are very dangerous. You also need the side mirrors to see behind you if you have a load, a trailer, or are in/on a vehicle like a motorcycle or box truck. Finally, having reference to the vehicle is very valuable.

This is even more so with all of the driver aids that truly eliminate blind spots.

 

[shamoo]

The blind spot warning does what it does, and it should work properly.

The driver's front screen display is just that. More of a visual representation for show/looks. It should not be the basis of how you drive. It is clearly not showing most things around you. I don't even look at it at all. To me, it is just filler on the screen.

 

[SparkyR1t]

Was just describing to a friend how well my R1t side warning system works and how I wish Tesla would adopt a similar system.

 

[iforbes]

Always turn your head. Mirrors don't replace this at all. The suggestions to do so are very dangerous. You also need the side mirrors to see behind you if you have a load, a trailer, or are in/on a vehicle like a motorcycle or box truck. Finally, having reference to the vehicle is very valuable.

This is even more so with all of the driver aids that truly eliminate blind spots.

Turning your head is a given. If you don’t look over your shoulder before changing lanes you are asking for trouble.

in your specific use case you could also argue that you need to align your mirrors to see the side of the car (more accurately rear of the trailer or whatever your are hauling), but I wasn’t referring to these unique instances.

But you state “This myth about splaying them outward needs to die”. This is flat out wrong outside of very specific instances. You do you and good luck.

 

[Proxy]

As most people should. This myth about splaying them outward needs to die. It appears to have been started as just FaceBook clickbait and took on its own life.

The AAA website recommendation for adjustment of side mirrors has remained that same for more than 20 years. It is the same as racing instructors teach. For most passenger vehicles, one shouldn’t be able to see the sides of your car without leaning to the side. Blind spots are created by people that incorrectly adjust their mirrors! You don’t have blind spots in almost all passenger vehicles if your mirrors are adjusted to the AAA guidance.

 

[SwampNut]

You don't have blind spots in most vehicles if you turn your head.

 

[ndmiller]

No such thing as a blind spot unless you don't look. No safety issue, thread title is misleading clickbait.

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