January 09, 2015

How to adjust the rearview mirrors to eliminate blind spot

A car with three rear view mirrors, every car owners one day need to see them about one hundred times, but ask a simple question: How do you adjust the car's rearview mirror? Can you tell the reason? Maybe everyone has different driving habits, but how to adjust the rearview mirror, there are still certain rules.

Adjust the left mirror essentials: the horizontal midline placed rearview mirrors, and then put the car body transferred to the edge of the rearview mirror occupies 1/4.

Right side mirror adjustment essentials: the horizontal line placed 2/3 position rearview mirror, and then put the edge of car body transferred to the mirror image occupies 1/4.

Central mirrors adjustment essentials: horizontal pendulum in the middle. Placed on the distant horizon across the midline central rearview mirror, and then move around, put your own image on the right ear just left edge of the mirror.

The car might be little more blind spots than you imagine, is not able to cover a mere three mirrors is maintained, so in terms of switching lanes or left, turn right, or in the case of determining safe looking back at one under it! There were a lot of concept cars using the camera to grasp the situation periphery of the car, but it seems that the features are not and thin mirror, every production cars are still obediently put on the rearview mirror car navigation systems in dash. Even one of the main sources of the left and right rear-view mirror is driving wind noise, but also because in the outermost position on both sides of the body and are particularly vulnerable to collision damage, has long been a lot of automotive engineers are eager to replace it with another feature function, but so far, no one depot do it; either Mercedes or BMW.

Proper mirror position

So what exactly is in the left, right, and three mirrors should be how to adjust the center of the windshield? The first is adjusts the standard sitting posture, and adjusts the mirror again.

First, the central rearview mirror: left, right position adjustment to the left edge of the mirror to just cut himself in the mirror image of the right ear of the occasion, which means that, under normal driving conditions, from the central rearview mirror can't see to own, and the upper and lower position is the center of the distant horizon mirror can be placed auto dvd player.

Second, the left side of the mirror: the upper and lower position of the distant horizon in the center, left and right to adjust the position of the mirror in the body occupies the range of 1/ 4.

Third, the right side of the mirror: Because the driver's seat on the left side , so the driver control the car to the right ear is not so easy, sometimes coupled with the need for on-street parking, on the right side mirror adjustment, lower position to a large area of the ground, about mirror 2/3. The left and right body position is adjusted to account for the same 1/ 4 area can be.

To get the maximum effect after viewing angles, adjust as described above is the most correct.

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