Driving with no driver's wing mirror?

AdrianC

AndyMc..... wrote: »

What about tyre tread depth?

The minimum before replacing worn tyres isn't the same as requiring modifications to a car.


But if it makes you any happier, then don't forget that pre-1933 cars are perfectly legal on 1.0mm, instead of 1.6mm.

AndyMc.....

AdrianC wrote: »

The minimum before replacing worn tyres isn't the same as requiring modifications to a car.


But if it makes you any happier, then don't forget that pre-1933 cars are perfectly legal on 1.0mm, instead of 1.6mm.

But post 1933 vehicles could drive on 1mm until the law was changed.

System

elsien wrote: »

Although I'm not keen on driving mirrorless anyway so will be avoiding doing so it set me wondering whether it was lawful carry on driving or whether I might get pulled over if spotted?

It is a mandatory requirement to have a drivers side mirror and a rear view mirror as a minimum. If you get pulled over you will likely be given a vehicle defect rectification notice. That gives you 14 days to get it fixed and you have to have the notice stamped by a MOT test station, who will charge you, and then hand into the police station once it has been.

Norman_Castle

Some kind person has knocked my drivers wing mirror off and it's not salveagable.

For a while my wing mirrors were repeatedly being damaged. I would fit them back on the car using cut up pieces of plastic (Drinking chocolate lid) and small wood screws to hold the bits on the car and the bit broken off together. With tape around it looked ok and it worked fine.

AndyMc.....

Tarambor wrote: »

It is a mandatory requirement to have a drivers side mirror and a rear view mirror as a minimum. If you get pulled over you will likely be given a vehicle defect rectification notice. That gives you 14 days to get it fixed and you have to have the notice stamped by a MOT test station, who will charge you, and then hand into the police station once it has been.

Or a near and offside mirror.

SandraX

Laws change for the better, so mirror it is.

reeac

The thread title says "wing mirror". I can remember those things but they got replaced by door mirrors, probably in the 1970s. Why was that?

twhitehousescat

reeac wrote: »

The thread title says "wing mirror". I can remember those things but they got replaced by door mirrors, probably in the 1970s. Why was that?

because the average driver now can't see far enough to look in a wing mirror

onomatopoeia99

reeac wrote: »

The thread title says "wing mirror". I can remember those things but they got replaced by door mirrors, probably in the 1970s. Why was that?

Much better field of view in a door mirror than a wing mirror.

Car_54

onomatopoeia99 wrote: »

Much better field of view in a door mirror than a wing mirror.

And much easier to adjust.