🪞 Mirrors: How to Set Them Up Properly
🟢 Public Lesson
This lesson is safe for students, parents, and general viewers.
Good mirrors don’t eliminate blind spots, but they shrink them and give you earlier warning of fast-approaching traffic.
Factoid
If your side mirrors show a big chunk of your own car, they’re aimed too far inward.
The goal is coverage, not vanity: set them outward so cars move smoothly from your rear-view mirror into your side mirror, then into your peripheral vision with minimal blind-spot “disappearing act.”
⚡ Quick setup (the “do this every time” version)
- Sit first. Adjust your seat and steering wheel before touching mirrors.
- Rear-view mirror: center it so you see straight out the back window.
- Side mirrors: set them outward so you only see a tiny sliver of your own car (or none at all). This widens your view and reduces overlap with the rear-view mirror.
- Verification check: a car passing you should “travel” from rear-view → side mirror → peripheral vision with minimal disappearing time.
🎥 Video walkthrough
Factoid
Your mirrors are radar dishes, not selfie cams.
Point them outward to reduce blind spots and overlap.