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Originally Posted by freebeard
I have one of these. I've moved it from car to car since the 1980s. They're flat mirrors so there is no distortion.
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I've had three types of similar mirrors, but they were the bowed kind, not segmented.
The approx. 16" wide one I bought at a Porsche swap meet was the best (
no distortion, and heavy), but I cracked the mirror when re-gluing it.
The blue one below I bought for my wife and an elderly friend, they both love it.
K-Source Panoramic Aspheric Rearview Mirror - 13"
https://www.etrailer.com/question-134756.html
The blue color eases eye strain at sunset and sunrise plus deals with bright headlights behind you well.
The one I got for my S-10 as a replacement for the Porsche swap meet one was much wider than the distortion free blue one and has massive distortion, but after a month or two you just get used to everything looking squashed.
Used in conjunction with little round stick on convex mirrors on the outside mirrors and situational awareness is 10X's what it used to be.
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Originally Posted by Snax
Video, when properly setup could be configured to eliminate that issue entirely, as drivers would not need to adjust position due to different seating positions.
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I agree, it is amazing how lazy some drivers can be, anything to make it more idiot proof makes everyone on the road safer.
These systems will have to be smart - for dumb people too lazy to configure them. I'm imagining an eye reading system similar to those used for sleepy drivers - not yet perfected of course.