Video: Defensive Driving: Mirror Adjustments

Most people adjust the left and right mirrors of their car incorrectly. Learn defensive driving skills from a professional instructor in this free education video.

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TeddyCsx Nov 29, 2008

Absolute rubbish. Having no vehicle judgment points viewable on the side mirrors is not only stupid, but quite dangerous. Especially on newer vehicles with the combination of strait (and / or) Convex / Concave lenses. Every vehicle has a range of blind spots varying from small patches to complete out of view areas around the C pillars. If your too god dam Lazy or old like this bloke to bother shoulder checking, then you should not be on the road. Personally, i think this guy needs to have his license removed & be slapped several times around the head with a dead-fish. Look at his seating position, Absolutely incorrect. His arms are 70 or so % extended when touching the steering wheel; not to mention is commodore style-slacked back posture. professional instructor? My ass. Grandpa, go back to playing lawn bowls & classic records on the gramophone.

Video Transcript

We are going to talk about mirror adjustments for safety while driving on the highway. Everyone has their mirrors adjusted so that they can see the whole right side of their car. This is wrong. Take your left mirror, move it out until now you see nothing but pavement. If you lean your head against the window, then you'll see the side of your car. That means it is in proper adjustment. Make sure you do the same thing to the right mirror. Move it out so that you do not see any part of your car, until you move it almost to the center. Then you can see part of your car. Now, the center mirror inside of your car, as you can see, is for the headlights, for example here, that are coming up behind you. As those headlights are coming, you can keep seeing and it will keep moving towards your left. At this point, you will lose one headlight. If you will look immediately, you will see that car right in your left outside mirror, thus eliminating all blind spots needed for safe driving.

Defensive Driving: Mirror Adjustments

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