Sun Jan 23, 2022 10:32 pm
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Miscellaneous wrote:Cessna571 wrote:Why doesn’t anyone use wing mirrors any more?
Is it a trick question? Is it because car wings no longer have mirrors mounted on them?
It depends if driver is tall or short.
As a tall driver my seat is almost all the way back on the seat rail so the wing mirror is much closer to my peripheral vision when looking forwards.
A short friend has their seat much closer to the steering wheel in order for feet to use the pedals properly, and finds modern placement of mirrors awkward as have to turn the head much more to use them. As they are sitting closer to the A pillar, the sight line angles means they have a bigger blind spot behind the A pillar. This was less of a problem in the days before airbags in door pillars.
They reckon car manufacturers dont have enough short test drivers during development.
Having all these air bags is great if you have an accident, but they do not help prevent the accident in first place! .... which could be with pedestrians, runners, cyclists, motorcyclists, cars, vans, .... blah blah..
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