Your Car Doesn't Have Blind Spots | You're Just Stupid

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#cars #stickshift #driving

[cashmason]

Wow! This makes checking the lanes to the side so much easier. It has changed the way I drive for the better.

[foxxsenpaii]

I always set my mirrors like this, but since I’ve been taught otherwise, it always made me feel paranoid and like I was doing it wrong. This makes me feel so much better and secure.

[ddjohnson]

I get what you are saying, i called it three mirror line up, in my natural sitting position the three mirror's image lines up. BUT, it is irresponsible for you to outright say there are no blind spots. the image lineup method works well, but the b pillar still creates blind spots, where just a tiny bit of the car can be seen. and based on today's driver's focus level, i do not believe they can catch that. Shoulder checking is definitely the safer way to go, no matter how well you set your mirrors. .

[fenrirComes]

Nice advice, I would still consider small additionnal blind spot mirrors for cars that are a lot in cities with bicycles and electric scooters. The teenagers that ride them tends to stick with the side of your car and if you set your side mirrors as you advise, you might not be able to see them without tilting your head. I know some people that don't tilt their head due to their weight or pregnancy so those cheap small mirrors are still a good idea for them I think. As they are complementary to your setup.

[mountainhobo]

Thank you! I've adjusted my mirrors that way years ago, and I get tired of arguing with people over it. I will just send them to your video now. :)

[parkpllc]

This is very helpful. I just ordered stick-on lenses so i can see better all around, because i almost ran another car off the road yesterday when i changed lane without turning my head to look. This morning, I adjusted the mirrors as you said they should be, and ... no more blind spots. thanks!

[NbenGames]

I was taught a trick in driving school, where you put your head all the way to the driver window. And adjust your driver mirror to the left till you see a sliver of your cars side. Then you put your head in the middle of the windshield over the console and do the same for your passenger mirror. It allows you to get this panorama view with ease. If you see a object in your mirrors and your rear view mirror, then you have them wrong.

[davidmakowka]

I get your point - turn your mirrors more to sides / more outer, so you reduce the blind spot, that occurs when the vehicle is almost parallel with you and you are approximately 2 meters away from eatch others. But to see the cars parallel with you completely you would have to turn them so much that you would get small blind spot right next to your car sides, where you can fail to notice cyclist or biker. Every car has different side mirrors and on my car, I cant set them to see everything starting from my car to complete sides. Buying additional mirror is always a good idea!

[jonesyboriginal]

Every time I watch your videos I always walk away with something I haven’t before. And still you don’t disappoint. Thanks.

[Mlobb]

Instructions unclear, just drove my car through my garage door

[zulimi]

I am a commercial driver and someone asked me if it's easy to make mistakes. I say, "No, not really if you have your mirrors properly adjusted and are paying attention."
For everyone commercial and otherwise, I'd say convex mirror additions are life savers.

[Stoneabba]

I worked with an x cop who did this. He backed up over a kid who was at corner . When mirrors r too wide you can miss stuff. U can lean fwd to accomplish what you’re saying but should necessary for car two lanes over at 8 o’clock

[zans]

Side mirrors normally adjusted to view a small portion of the vehicle rear body, unlike the way you shared here. One of the reason is to allow your brain identify the location of the side mirror view faster as you glimpse your side mirrors (in reference to the vehicle rear body). In an agile driving motion, driver don't have time to see the center mirror and then see the side mirror, and picture them up in a continuous panoramic view. Probably in a light traffic and relax driving style suits your method.

[SedanChevy]

I worked at a car dealership and I was always amazed when people would get back from a test drive and have the side mirrors set close to the body and up into the sky, you couldn't see but a few inches outside of the lane you're in! Sometimes I'd adjust the mirrors in and down when parking close and tight between other cars, but I'd always adjust them back out. I think it takes someone who's operated vehicles as part of a job where crashes are both common and likely to happen (be it parking cars or driving a police car) to understand how useful mirrors can be with just a few adjustments depending on what you're doing. Great video! I wish everyone on the roads could see this video.

[AlexVVanityInsanity]

This is honestly so helpful. I haven't been driving for even a year yet and I have never trusted my side views because when looking in my rear view it was different. I'm gonna do this to my car next time I get in it and definitely use this information once I het my camaro which is a car famously know for "blindspots"

[mustangkrillin]

This makes me miss my car when i was stationed in Japan. It was one of the last years they put fender mounted side mirrors. Not terribly aesthetically pleasing to some but damn those things had an amazing field of view. I still use my extended rear view mirror I picked up there.

[adamgh]

Still have to do that head check before changing lanes. It's burned into my driving behavior.

[saundersdachicken]

Every driving instructor in UK should watch this video. It proves what I've been telling many of them YouTube "experts" over the years that they are talking rubbish. Thank you, officer.

[singingfan]

The Drivers Education classes are teaching the wrong way then. Crazy.

[brycewoolley]

I didnt realize my car even had mirrors XD. Thanks man without you id still be thinking blind spots exist.