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Old 03-11-2022, 12:32 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Piotrsko View Post
back when I lived in California, the law actually stated that a vehicle must have a device that allows rear vision for 100 feet on the drivers side of the vehicle. An austin mini traveler wagon from britain, rhd, complied so there was no mirror on the passenger (left) side
Meanwhile in Brazil, AFAIK the rare RHD imports were mandated to have both exterior mirrors. There is at least one RHD VW Beetle which was imported by a diplomat from Mozambique in the '60s in São Paulo, and it had exterior mirrors on both sides. And even though most of the regular LHD Beetles that i still see on the wild feature both exterior mirrors, recently while walking the dog I saw a '95 Itamar with just a driver-side exterior mirror.

Back to the RHD issue: even though it could be legal to drive one without a left exterior mirror, I wouldn't be so willing to try.
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