Re:A Fighter Pilot’s Guide to Surviving on the Roads
by ahmedalsudani on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @02:33PM
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I tried the different angle a couple of years ago because it seemed like the smart thing to do—increase the number of things I see.
I found that my blind spots were reduced but not eliminated. It’s scary to think that somebody on the road might stop looking over after adjusting their mirrors.
One solution that I have more faith in is the little convex “blind-spot mirrors.” Those actually seem to cover everything in the blind spot and then some more (at least on the driver side).
"With this new setting, it is no longer necessary to turn and look into the blindzones."
... which is in contrast to what the original article quite emphatically says:
"... move your head or you're dead ..."
I like the novel mirror arrangement and will try it but I hope people will follow the advice of the fighter pilot, and not NHTSA, and continue to move their heads.