How to adjust the wing mirror

Ultrasonic

zagfles wrote: »

Because then you eliminate (or at least vastly reduce) the blind spot when your head's in the normal position.

How? I really don't see how you can be sure of getting the optimal view from the normal driving position by putting your head somewhere completely different.

Handsome90

DaveF327 wrote: »

Apologies for the picture quality; my scanner's on its way out.

A picture speaks a thousand words:



I knew my old teaching aids would come out of retirement someday

Link to full size here: http://oi57.tinypic.com/demi37.jpg

Thank you everyone for their views

zagfles

Ultrasonic wrote: »

How? I really don't see how you can be sure of getting the optimal view from the normal driving position by putting your head somewhere completely different.

It's a guide to getting the mirror angle correct, this explains it a bit better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBj89kyTvWo I've found it usually works well but the real test is making sure you have no blind spot when being overtaken/overtaking.

See also http://www.caranddriver.com/features/how-to-adjust-your-mirrors-to-avoid-blind-spots

http://www.cartalk.com/content/avoiding-blind-spot-5

Seeing down the side of your own car and having a big overlap with the rear view mirror is pointless and creates a big blind spot.

Ultrasonic

zagfles wrote: »

Seeing down the side of your own car and having a big overlap with the rear view mirror is pointless and creates a big blind spot.

That makes sense, and you're right that other video explains it better, thanks. I think it will still be necessary to optimise the position by seeing what you can see with your head in the normal driving position, but I understand that this approach to setting them up may be a good starting point.