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11-19-2013, 07:15 AM | #15 |
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Give it some time to get used to and adjust your mirrors per above and you will find this car does not have blind spots. Also follow above posters suggestion to always know your surroundings and what color/kind of car is around you. Check your mirrors often and you will be golden. I initially thought the car had blind spot problems because it was so much lower than my previous car. Once I got used to it and adjusted my mirrors correctly, I don't have any problems with blind spots.
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Move your side view mirrors further out. As you're being passed on either side your mirror should be set up so that the car will be in your side view mirror BEFORE he leaves your rear view mirror and he should be in your peripheral vision BEFORE he leaves your side view mirror. Do this and you won't have any blind spots.
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I'm going to echo the "side mirrors wide out" comments. It takes a week or two to get used to but it's so much better, and doesn't require any modifications. FWIW, I went from a Legacy GT sedan with big windows and a 17" convex clip-on mirror to the BRZ with the OEM mirrors and I didn't make any compromises with functionality - kicking the side mirrors wide to the sides like shown in the infographic is now a necessity for me. Give it a shot for like two weeks before you waste money on replacement mirrors.
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As others have said, move your mirrors further outward. It is a little awkward at first, but you will get use to it. Because of this, I did not have to buy those small blind spot mirrors that some people do and mount them to my mirrors.
It is funny when I take my car in to get service and the guy driving my car to the back has to readjust my side mirrors before he moves the car |
11-19-2013, 08:57 AM | #19 |
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Very useful info, I'm gonna have to adjust my side views further out like everyone is saying.
Also, can you put on those rexspeed mirrors if you have the heated sideview mirrors option on your car or would you have to unhook them? |
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The method described in car & driver article here is correct: http://www.caranddriver.com/features...id-blind-spots |
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Your rearview mirror sees everything behind you, adjust your side mirrors to barely overlap your rearview and you should have effectively no blind spot (turn your head anyway, there could be a motorcycle in that tiny sliver of a blindspot).
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1/ City drive, busy street. You turn them a bit closer to your car. Busy street, and cities usually have narrow lanes, which will make the other cars closer to you, hence the blind spot is much closer. If you were to do a two lanes cross on street, you have to do one, after another, always. With this adjustments, you will always be able to tell which car is next to you, motorcycle, or pavement for park, and parallel park 2/ Mostly Highway Drive. You turn them further away from your car, because they tend to have Larger Lanes, Faster approaching vehicles, you will be able to tell the vehicles that are approaching from a few car lengths away, including Polices. You will be able to tell the vehicle in the blind spot in the next lane and at the outer lane border. You do need to turn your head for a quick second, right after the correct safety judgement call that it is safe to do so, and is the time to change lanes. This will avoid you of any car too close to your lane, small, dark color, and or a motor-cycle. 3/ Finally, under any mirrors adjustments, you have to do these following: -Always turn your head when it safe to see, before changing lanes -Always check around you for any Approaching vehicles when it is safe to do so. You may have to Swerve Out of an Accident in front, a deer, emergency brake....etc. Should those happens, you will be able to tell to whether to keep your lane or swerve. Most of the time...don't swerve. But if your calls are correct, avoiding an accident is the most. -Do always, and I mean Always make sure to Visibly see On-Coming vehicles, under any Circumstances. Mirrors, and Eyes will often Deceive you under different Circumstances. For Example, If an SUV, a Truck is blocking your View. Take it slowly, leave enough space for the bigger Vehicles to see your car, and Double-triple checks before switching lanes. I have seen enough where a guy cut into the front of a Truck, and did not leave enough room for the Truck to see his car, accident happen, the truck driver took couple minutes to realize "WTF did I hit" I have seen enough where a guy Cut into the Front of an SUV, failed to see the approaching vehicles on the right lanes, and switch right into it, accident happens "This took a couple minutes for both to realize WTF!!" Drive safe !! Always double checks, and tripe checks. A few seconds will not kill you, miss an exit will not kill you. But Reckless to take an exit, or to rush somewhere for a few minutes faster will KILL YOU, and KILL the FAMILY in the Other Vehicles as well |
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Probably the safest thing would be to drive faster than everyone else, that way no one can sneak up behind you.
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the only blind spot for me is on the drivers side like 3/4th to the rear of the car. i got scared the first time because i was on the freeway and was going to change lanes, and luckily i always take my time to change (put on blinker, wait a few seconds, and then slowly change) because there was actually an entire damn crossover next to me that i completely did not see...
i always turn my head as well, but i can't see out the drivers back small window at all so it's not really useful to me. i am thinking of getting those wide view side mirrors as well. |
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Exactly this, you should always be aware of your surroundings and know the cars around you at all times, enough to make blind lane changes because you know exactly where all the cars are at. Even if you don't do that you shouldn't have any blind spots if you have your mirrors set up correctly. I find it once a car leaves my side mirror the car will be by my side already and visible. So if a car is in the normal blind spot the car should be seen either in the mirror or through the window. |
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i use the little round blind spot mirrors. why? because i used to have a convertible.. it had a larger blind spot if i turned around and looked than if i used the mirror
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