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Most driving schools spend very little time on teaching proper mirror adjustment as part of their driver's ed program. And yes, it's important enough to understand a concept like mirror adjustment that its worth reading a short article like this on the topic.

First off, lets talk about "rear view mirror history". A little known fact is that the use of rear view mirrors in the automobile was ushered in via auto racing in the early 20th century. The rear view mirror was invented by Ray Harroun, who also won the first race at the Indianapolis Speedway in 1911. The real driving force, so to speak, behind the rear view mirror was to eliminate a second person who acted as an observer and the resulting weight reduction became a large benefit in a race.

Over history, driver's education has at best given lip service to mirror adjustment and proper use. Modern driving schools will actually instruct their students how to properly adjust their mirrors. And then once they are properly setup, part of the driver training process is to continually drill students on proper mirror use in conjunction with turning, lane changes, etc.

For those experienced drivers, how many of us have started to make a lane change and then realized that there was indeed another car in a blind spot? I know I have - at least prior to being trained to correctly use mirrors at SWERVE Driving School. It is interesting that most drivers were never taught, as part of their driver's education, that blind spots are not necessary. As a matter of fact, with a small amount of driving lesson instruction, these blind spots can be virtually "tuned-out".

Ok, so here's the secret to "blind spot free" driving that is taught by some driving schools in 3 simple steps:

1. Get in the driver's seat, adjust position, etc.
2. Tilt your head to the left as far as you can and adjust your left mirror to just see a small "sliver" of the side of your car
3. Tilt your head to the right as far as you can and adjust your right mirror to just see a small "sliver" of the right side of the car

Then move your head to the normal, center position and you notice that you cannot see either side of your car anymore. Don't worry - your mirror wasn't stolen nor did it decide to run off into the sunset. You will now be able to see cars as they enter and exit around your vehicle leaving virtually no blind spot.

As mentioned, modern high quality driving schools teach this as well as many other techniques that have been developed as tools for novice drivers. The sad part is that driver training, in general, has not evolved over time and it is a rare school that actually teaches their students to be great drivers.

About the author: Joe Pruskowski is a member of the team at SWERVE Driving School, a company committed to producing the Nation's best teen drivers. Please visit SWERVE's site for more information on driver education and SWERVE's innovative and challenging approach to driving lessons.

The Virtual Rear View Mirror

This invention is a small single or multi-part LCD screen that is connected to one or more cameras near the rear of a semi. It essentially gives truck drivers a rear view mirror to enhance driver safety and minimize theft.  

 

Note: Coming up with new ideas is easy. Getting a patent costs about $6,000 and there is no guarantee your idea will ever make you a cent. It's also not that easy to get a company to buy into your idea unless your friends with the CEO or you have lots of extra money to travel around and make presentations.

Short Technical Bio

Daniel Nase attended Pacific Lutheran University at the age of 15 in the Advance College Program and spent a lot of his time reading graduate papers in the university’s library. Many of his instructors and mentors were amazed with his ability to think outside the box in business, medicine, mathematics, chemistry and physics. Daniel started working on advanced calculus, Riemann equations and theoretical physics while he was attending Washington High School. He also participated in Air Force JROTC and earned a private pilots license through Clover Park Technical College.

Daniel joined the National Guard at age 16 with parent permission and worked as an Apache / Chinook Helicopter Mechanic for several years before being recommended for an elite officer program in the Nuclear Field. For three years he was engaged in the Navy’s rigorous training program in Advanced Electronics and Nuclear Physics in Orlando Florida. He graduated at the top of his class and spent 9 months in the Mediterranean before being honorably discharged.

Daniel designed and built the AMTECH Thermonuclear Converter at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in July of 1997. This nuclear device provides electricity to deep space satellites and was created during the Pathfinder Mission. He also worked on X-ray tubes, electroplating, making silicon carbide crystals, electronic drafting, and generating 3D images in Silicon using two scanning lasers. He earned this prestigious summer internship through the MSEP program with Scott Minnix at the University of Washington and Linda Rodgers at NASA.

In 1997 and 1998 Daniel helped build a mainframe computer from scratch as part of the Work Study Program. He also learned basic AutoCAD and networked all of the computers in the University’s four-story Astrophysics building. After he built the mainframe, Daniel ran tests and recorded events in the University of Washington’s fusion reactor and also worked on the RAM Accelerator. 

Daniel took a non-executive role in Infinity Group to work as an Installation / Retrofit Engineer III for several years in the semiconductor industry. This is were he applied his training in the military by doing work in network engineering, applications engineering, robotics, UV optics, pneumatics and advanced electronics troubleshooting for KLA-Tencor Corp. He was responsible for installing and aligning Starlight and Lightning series reticle inspection systems throughout the world. This gave him the opportunity to improve his speaking ability in German, Japanese and French.  

 

 

 

About the Author

Email: daniel.nase@gmail.com

Purchased extended mirrors for my 05 F250, they came with a round plug, mine has a flat plug, how do I Install?

I see on Ebay that some have round plugs and some flat, but they cover the same years. Whats the deal with that? Is there an adaptor? My truck came with the standard mirrors and now that I am towing I want to have the optional mirrors, put the plug is different..Help!
How would I use the old plug? The mirror has it attached to the assembly

You are going to need a schematic to get the wiring right. If the plug on the mirror is on the end of wiring, cut and splice the connector off the old mirror. If it is built in the mirror, you will need to get a connector off a truck with the right connector. One reason they might have different features, turn signal, heater, power, etc.

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