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- How to eliminate blind spots. Learn how to adjust the mirrors on your car. If you can't see that car next to the "C" pillar on your vehicle as you are driving down the road it isn't a problem with the car. It is a problem with you. www.freefieldtraining.com/
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Wow! This makes checking the lanes to the side so much easier. It has changed the way I drive for the better.
I always set my mirrors like this, but since I’ve been taught otherwise, it always made me feel paranoid and like I was doing it wrong. This makes me feel so much better and secure.
Instructions unclear, just drove my car through my garage door
what a dumb ass he just told you to turn the mirrors to the position of your curse of driving thats what power mirrors are for
Anthony horton it’s a joke buddy
Anthony horton r/wooosh
@@ANT-1961 R/wooosh
@@ANT-1961 idiot
Nice advice, I would still consider small additionnal blind spot mirrors for cars that are a lot in cities with bicycles and electric scooters. The teenagers that ride them tends to stick with the side of your car and if you set your side mirrors as you advise, you might not be able to see them without tilting your head. I know some people that don't tilt their head due to their weight or pregnancy so those cheap small mirrors are still a good idea for them I think. As they are complementary to your setup.
I was taught a trick in driving school, where you put your head all the way to the driver window. And adjust your driver mirror to the left till you see a sliver of your cars side. Then you put your head in the middle of the windshield over the console and do the same for your passenger mirror. It allows you to get this panorama view with ease. If you see a object in your mirrors and your rear view mirror, then you have them wrong.
Nbenito I am familiar with this teaching, and know that it has advantages, however it is a bit extreme, and I would say unnecessary to eliminate blind spots. I teach my students to adjust their left mirror with with their left eye, and their right mirror with their right eye, while leaning into the mirror slightly. Then in normal driving, using both eyes you will see 20% more. I do not have any blind spots on my car or rig.
This is very helpful. I just ordered stick-on lenses so i can see better all around, because i almost ran another car off the road yesterday when i changed lane without turning my head to look. This morning, I adjusted the mirrors as you said they should be, and ... no more blind spots. thanks!
Thank you! I've adjusted my mirrors that way years ago, and I get tired of arguing with people over it. I will just send them to your video now. :)
Every time I watch your videos I always walk away with something I haven’t before. And still you don’t disappoint. Thanks.
I get what you are saying, i called it three mirror line up, in my natural sitting position the three mirror's image lines up. BUT, it is irresponsible for you to outright say there are no blind spots. the image lineup method works well, but the b pillar still creates blind spots, where just a tiny bit of the car can be seen. and based on today's driver's focus level, i do not believe they can catch that. Shoulder checking is definitely the safer way to go, no matter how well you set your mirrors. .
There are no blind spots if you set your side view mirrors up properly. None.
@@freefieldtraining yeah well there's no 'blind spot' in the traditional sense(aside from A-pillar, out of scope here). One can definitely see cars (or parts of a car) arounds them all the time, ASSUME they are able to adjust the mirror as good as you can do and know where to look. You have years of on road experience, and knows your driving position well so you know where exactly the mirrors needs to be. But to inexperienced drivers , it's better for them to keep doing the shoulder checking thing. Like this person:
/JazzyQ 7 months ago/
/Thank you God for this, bcuz I just got my license 2days ago and I’m terrified of my blind spots. Learning that I dont have to have blind spots almost at all make me feel a whole lot better./
I would not like to meet him on the road if he just assumes he got the mirrors perfect and just drives whatever.
I get your point - turn your mirrors more to sides / more outer, so you reduce the blind spot, that occurs when the vehicle is almost parallel with you and you are approximately 2 meters away from eatch others. But to see the cars parallel with you completely you would have to turn them so much that you would get small blind spot right next to your car sides, where you can fail to notice cyclist or biker. Every car has different side mirrors and on my car, I cant set them to see everything starting from my car to complete sides. Buying additional mirror is always a good idea!
Set them off by the width of a bicycle. Along with a slight move of the head will eliminate the blind spot.
I am a commercial driver and someone asked me if it's easy to make mistakes. I say, "No, not really if you have your mirrors properly adjusted and are paying attention."
For everyone commercial and otherwise, I'd say convex mirror additions are life savers.
I worked at a car dealership and I was always amazed when people would get back from a test drive and have the side mirrors set SOOOOO close to the body and up into the sky, you couldn't see but a few inches outside of the lane you're in! Sometimes I'd adjust the mirrors in and down when parking close and tight between other cars, but I'd always adjust them back out. I think it takes someone who's operated vehicles as part of a job where crashes are both common and likely to happen (be it parking cars or driving a police car) to understand how useful mirrors can be with just a few adjustments depending on what you're doing. Great video! I wish everyone on the roads could see this video.
Thx your reply really helps me understand 👍
Side mirrors normally adjusted to view a small portion of the vehicle rear body, unlike the way you shared here. One of the reason is to allow your brain identify the location of the side mirror view faster as you glimpse your side mirrors (in reference to the vehicle rear body). In an agile driving motion, driver don't have time to see the center mirror and then see the side mirror, and picture them up in a continuous panoramic view. Probably in a light traffic and relax driving style suits your method.
This is honestly so helpful. I haven't been driving for even a year yet and I have never trusted my side views because when looking in my rear view it was different. I'm gonna do this to my car next time I get in it and definitely use this information once I het my camaro which is a car famously know for "blindspots"
Still have to do that head check before changing lanes. It's burned into my driving behavior.
Because you still have blind spots. This video should not mislead like this. I still haven't met someone who can see through the back seats of a car or the frame bars going up to the roof.
Same
@@MrGreglet that's what the mirrors are for
The Drivers Education classes are teaching the wrong way then. Crazy.
singingfan The driving ed classes are taught by bad drivers who read a book, passed a test, and have been sent into the class room. All the professional drivers are out on the roads making real money. These guys don't know anything. I have tangled with them more than once.
Oh you listened to people certified by the state to teach people how to drive about how to drive? You must be stupid, apparently.
Most of them are.
I was taught to not see the car. also check the back window passenger window. The three times I didn't do that is when I almost got in front of someone without seeing.
thank you so much!! this is a life saver! No one ever taught me how to adjust the mirrors! But if you are driving local on a busy street, it's better not to adjust the mirrors like that. You would need to see the side of the car because pedestrians would walk close to your car. The way you suggest the position of the mirrors is better when you are driving on the highway.
Every driving instructor in UK should watch this video. It proves what I've been telling many of them TH-cam "experts" over the years that they are talking rubbish. Thank you, officer.
He's wrong. Either method, SAE vs Standard will leave you with blind spot areas. If you make your mirrors wide, you will have a blind area along your car, where bikes/motorcycles or scooters can zip by unexpectedly. There are pros and cons with either. I use the SAE method but I also use a blind spot mirror for the side area and for parking
@@nthdegree1269 You should set them with a 30in to 36in view away from the rear side of your car. A biker would not fit into that space. If an experienced driver was to change lanes s/he would always move their head slightly to make sure there's no biker in that narrow gap. A biker would only try squeeze in there if there was a car to your right in very slow to stationary traffic.
Most drivers are too lazy to move their head but just sit like mannequins.
@@saundersdachicken6197 just the other day there was a motorcycle quickly weaving in and out of traffic... Because it was bumper to bumper. Rear view mirror blocked by a large truck. You might move your head and the second that you look straight ahead again there comes the bike. In either method you have to move your head. Just a few months ago I had a dog run alongside my car right in the middle of traffic. I was about to make a left turn. That's why I recommend whatever method you use you use a blind spot mirror to catch what you would be missing otherwise. If your rear view mirrors blocked by a large truck you're not going to catch a few things down the lane. I also like using my blind spot mirrors for reversing and parking. With the standard mirror you can move your head forward to get that angle of the mirror.... With the SAE method you can move your head to the side to catch the side of your car.
As someone who used this method for 2 years, I can finally say it’s a dangerous method. There will always be a blind spot no matter what method you have. This method doesn’t work against bikers. Also if you live in a city like NYC, this method is dangerous with people in the bike lanes. Most importantly, This method is dangerous because if you have the rear mirror blocked by a big truck on the highway, you can’t see if someone is going 150mph on the lanes next to you and you could get rear ended... always adjust your side mirrors so you can see the back of your vehicle
Blind spot monitoring systems really should become standard, if assisted driving is the way we are heading.
This is a good point. I didn't think about how this would affect checking for bikers. Although it seems good if you do a lot of freeway driving. If you live in a place like NYC then I'm sure it's extremely important to be careful for bikers but for other places it doesn't seem as important just important to note you won't be able to see them.
I guess the creator of the video is the stupid one
as someone who used this method for 2 years, having lived in Baltimore, u are wrong. u simply did not set them up right. calling this method dangerous because u could not use it properly is foolish.
@@justincaseutube u can see biker easily if u set it up right.
I worked with an x cop who did this. He backed up over a kid who was at corner . When mirrors r too wide you can miss stuff. U can lean fwd to accomplish what you’re saying but should necessary for car two lanes over at 8 o’clock
This makes me miss my car when i was stationed in Japan. It was one of the last years they put fender mounted side mirrors. Not terribly aesthetically pleasing to some but damn those things had an amazing field of view. I still use my extended rear view mirror I picked up there.
Thank you so much for this. I'm 16 and i have the mirrors set up the same way on the car that I drive and my mom is always getting upset with me for not checking my blind spots ( i consider myself to be a very cautious driver, i don't do anything reckless ever really) but i did a good look-around and i can see everything through either my mirrors or rear view mirror. So i just want to thank you for making this video and I'm definitely sending it to her. ( I also check the side windows and pay attention to what is around me)
@Jordan Robshaw idk man
Thanks for sharing valuable information.
This video is so indispensable and explains why everybody I've watched -- like Uber/Lyft drivers -- never turn their head like every friggen driving instructor tells us to do. Thank you!!
Awesome video! Thank you!
Nice video. A question I have though is that my car doesn't actually have power windows, so do you think I should just set up the mirrors the way you did in the video and just adjust mirrors again when I need to park?
Thank you, that makes so much sense. I’m scrapping the little extra blind spot mirror plan. Didn’t want it in any case, just a visual distraction.
Ur a savior thanks man 🙏🏾 I was really struggling wit this too especially in the parkway
Thank you God for this, bcuz I just got my license 2days ago and I’m terrified of my blind spots. Learning that I dont have to have blind spots almost at all make me feel a whole lot better.
How’s it going with blind spots ?
@@jacobmaag3515 well this was a year ago. So everything is pretty automatic for me at this point lol
@@jhoniikemp but you’re still using this mirror setup?
@@jacobmaag3515 oh yes of course. I dnt see the point in using it any other way. It’s the most effective
Bump. Taking my test in just over a week and I found this video but my big concern is (plz don't laugh if it's dumb question) how do you see where you are in the lane or when reversing into a parking space etc
I didnt realize my car even had mirrors XD. Thanks man without you id still be thinking blind spots exist.
I feel like I was told that you should be able to see a small part of the side of your car in the side view mirrors. But it does make more sense to have them set how you explained it, I'm going to change them the next time I get in my car! haha
Jesus christ. Been driving 10 years and just found this mirror placement thing today.
27 years here 😕
@YLB Mc pound sand
@@subaruforester5062 LMAOOOO
15 years
Just lost my car because of not setting up properly
That is exactly how I have my side view mirrors set. I'm from UK and watch multi videos on driving. Whenever this topic comes up on TH-cam almost every viewer is led to believe by driving instructors that blind spots exist. Not one of them have their mirrors set correctly. I always got replies criticising my comments. I've posted this video in return and the critics disappear.
Excellent educational video. Cheers 👍
Thank you. I almost had an accident today because of the 'blind spot'. Really appreciate your video bro.
I agree but I like to put on those mirrors that get the blindside angle, like looking around as a normal driver. Cops are different because sometimes they have to cut major lanes when their lights are on and they have to be more careful.
I have used this method for years & it helps. Especially when driving a sedan. However I recently got my 1st suv. The dynamics & physics change. The piece of metal between the (back) side & rear window is a blind spot & if the vehicle in it is speeding, it can move from that position to your side too quickly for a proper lane change. I've been driving since I was a teenager & have used ea method you discussed. I believe increased fields/planes of vision are the 1st tool in the box, knowing how to properly use the tools individually & interchangeably & in unison is =lly important. Skill matters & knowing that it changes w/time & adapting one's driving to that change is paramount. If you were a good driver initially hopefully that continues, if it doesn't get some mirrors; if you weren't a good driver from the start, heaven help us cause I never seen that skill improve w/age.
Thank you for this. 30 and just now learning to drive in Ontario Canada and they want you to whip your head around a ridiculous amount. Soon as i pass the test ill be setting the mirrors like this and getting rid of the neck brace. hahaha
So apparently I’m stupid. This just changed my life. Thanks for making me a safer driver!
Me 2,
Been driving for almost 18 years and I have been reluctant to move away from positioning the rear view mirrors to show a wee bit of the side of the car. I have that after market, small blind spot mirror that I trust. Useful video. I'll reposition the mirrors as you say and try. Sounds it'll work. Thank you!
You're supposed to position the mirrors as he states in the video and use your little convex blind spot mirrors to then see extended out into Lanes 3 and 4
this makes so much sense thank you!!!
Ok how we can adjust them if there is no objects behind us ? .
Because this correct mirror adjustment will be different from a car to another . I have done what you said with my car FJ cruiser and I relised that all I need to do in order to set them the way your telling us about is just to move the side mirrors till the side of the car vanishes but I tried it with Hundi accent and it didn't work like what you said ?
thank you for taking the time to make this video.
You just made my life a lot easier I'm no longer taking my head out the window thank you so much
Hello free field training, thank you for your self assured style
This is amazing!
Thanks for the video! We don't even need to adjust the mirror for parking, a stick-on mirror from the budget shop does it. It is frustrating to tell this to other drivers. It is not to teach anyone how to drive or anything, its simply factually a safer way to position the mirrors, the angles are covered ! The ego of drivers is impossible.
With Tesla not having a blind spot alert, this comes as a great relief to me. Thanks!!! I want to like this video a 100 times!
I've only been driving a few years so this seriously helps. I was taught wrong.
Nice video! Very interesting.
Just make sure to look in the rear view mirror first, before changing lanes on a highway. So you can check, if a faster car is approaching from behind you. I use this setting for over 30 years, works great!
Awesome video Tommy! Caught the live stream though. Getting my permit (hopefully) the day of my birthday at the end of the month...wish me luck!
As a former school bus driver....I didn't know my CAR didn't have blind spots! I've always added convex mirrors to my cars' side view mirrors! Thanks!
Thank you great tips
I've been a mechanic for years, some cars do have a blind spot. I have to drive every car I work on. It is also a fact that the "blind spot" is one car length behind and one car length over on both sides.
I’ve been trying to figure out why people are going on about the convex rear view mirrors. I learned how to use my mirrors from my Uncle (also an officer) glad I was taught by someone who knows. Nice to see a few others also know.
I was researching blind spot mirrors stick ons for side mirrors, seeing what they offer. Seems they might be useless at best.
As a regular citizen driver.
I adjust my mirrors so i have just a tiny bit of my car on the edge of the mirror, probably too narrow.
I always thought you should head check regardless of how big you "blind spot" is, doesnt take that long, you are certain nothing is there, etc..
But the argument of quickly deciding on whether you can change lanes, swerve out of danger, etc... makes so much sense, it takes too long to check in emergency, or otherwise time critical scenarios.
I will give this wider panoramic mirror technique a go.
While taking U Turn sometime the front pillar on driver side obstructs ur view. How do manage that
I'm definitely goin to try this, I'm finna purchase a coupe for my next vehicle, thanks!
on me dads ute he added the little circle mirrors to the side mirrors because the tray can be obstructive to see ya left and right sides. no matter how far ya bend the mirrors away from the back of the ute its still obstructive. and those mirrors are really good more reverse or parallel reverse parking.
Just started driving, thanks man! i knew the blind spot was a myth but nobody would listen to me because I'm "just some kid that just started driving" (I guess it's true) .
I'm driving with this method for 3 years but I have to look beside me before I move, it saved me from many accidents, it is just a tiny look won't cost you 1 second but it saves lives
New cars nowdays come with blindspot detection with a little orange symbol on the mirror. I dont have that on my vehicle. For me I bought me two little curved mirrors at AutoZone and stuck them at the far corners of my side mirrors. This helps me see more of the side lane. Fantastic video as always good sir!👍😊🇺🇸
I put those on all cars I drive 👍 👍 best $1.99 to be spent at Wal-Mart
The podcast link won't work for me.
Mirrors became important as a part of car safeties , I had fun or better to say that by your tips really helped me to deal with traffic , so I was thinking of what else that we need to learn so that we can call our selfes drivers till finally something came to my mind and inspired me that is realeted to the mirrors usage , which is( what we should do when one of the side views falls or breaks when something hits it) in that case I will be stucked and it's going to be difficult to deal with this fearful setiotion .
However I have watched the Q and A when someone commented witch one of the mirrors that is fine to you to get rid of and your answer was the passenger side but in this case how you're going to see who is coming from the right side ? and the same thing with the left side I hope you make a video that explains what are the next steps that must be taken .
Please I hope answer to me and thank you .
This sounds like a rant triggered by a recent “blind spot” excuse you were given 😂
For real though, thanks for the video and for doing everything you do
You can buy little blind spot mirrors and stick them in your mirror, very helpful.
100% FACTS!!! I set up my mirrors just like that, barely a sliver of my car visible and i still almost see stuff that i see at the edge my rear mirror. And my rear view is impeded because modern hatches ( in my case a Fastback ) are just built like that. Back in my Mustang GT i had side louvers and a wing from the factory and i still saw a lot in my mirrors because i set them up the right way. I didn't have a rear view camera either because of the wing and i never bumped into something while maneuvering, i live in Germany where everything is smaller and tighter.
wow my 1st thoughts confirm that's what i thought the side mirrors are for but i never positioned them thank you
They made me confident af when I got my Challenger this shit is facts 💯 I’m sharing this video fasure
The main reason I installed a pair of those small mirrors on the side mirrors was because i scraped the side of the car several times near the rear wheel on the driver's side while trying to go through small spaces and i realized that the area shown in the side mirror didn't really show that particular area and led me to believe that the area was safe. Any advice on that?
how/on what do you scrape the side of your car?
Great video and thank you. Is it Still a good idea to have those adhesive blind spot mirrors that you can buy and adhere them on your existing mirrors?
Mitchell Cohn I don't like them because they take valuable flat mirror space, and they are always mall adjusted. If they are adjustable I could maybe live with them. If you opt for one you do not need it on the right side convex. A convex on a convex does not help you. You do not see twice as much, you see the same thing two times. That does not help you at all. I have carefully installed a convex BELOW my drivers flat mirror, and I no longer have a blind spot on that side. I no longer shoulder check for lane changes. If you do get one, it is recommended that it be installed on the upper outside corner of the mirror. This is where all modern cars have them when they are built in at the factory , and for good reasons.
@@SternDrive Thank you. I actually have been using this mirror adjustment since I saw this video and just as said once you get used to it , it is much better. Would be interested in seeing your setup if you can post a picture. Thank You.
@Mitchell Cohn The mirror system here is excellent, and can save your life. Doug Stern will be having a TH-cam video soon on why he does NOT shoulder check when changing lanes.
My drivers Ed instructor told me to aim my mirrors so I can see my door handles. Kinda feel dumb now
Brycen Williams. Same 😂
No, having the door handles seen a bit is good for your reference, what you don't wanna do is aiming your mirror too much to the door.
@@argamartaka3059 So you are concerned that you will run into your door mirrors? News flash ! If you want to see those nice shiny door handles just turn your head a bit. Now that didn't hurt a bit, did it. Fact: You are interested in traffic, not door handles.
I've always had the stick on blind spot mirrors for backing into parking spots so that I don't have to screw with adjusting my mirrors
Thank you!
And that's even without convex or "blind spot" mirrors. Blind spot mirrors term was originally used when it was mandatory to have a sideview mirror on one side only. That was very common in UK up to the 70's, not sure about US. Great video.
Imma new Driver, this helped me thanks.
God bless ya.
Thank you ❤️💪🏽
Never thought of this. When coming home I do alot of backing up using my mirrors in my driveway, otherwise I would have to back out of the driveway when leaving, which is too dangerous in my situation due to fences and shrubs obstructing the view of the street, and also a sharp street corner next to my driveway. Also in my line of work we have some pickups with cargo in the back blocking your rear view, so we have to use the side mirrors. But now that I've watched this video, I guess depending on what I'm doing I'll have to change mirror positions or get one of those stick on mirrors, whatever those are called.
I've been using my mirrors like so because I have a Mazda RX8 and it's nearly impossible to look to your sides so I have to use my mirrors however it's still good to look to the side just to be safe
This is awesome I'll have to try it. Stresses me out to have to look at my rear view every few seconds so I know what will be next to me
Also, get a wide angle rearview mirror. They're amazing, and make it so that you can virtually see all around your vehicle without even moving your head. The little circle ones that sticks on the side mirrors are great too since you get the best of both worlds, don't need to adjust every time you park.
Thanks a lot for this new great idea about blindspots. Now I know already that there's no really have blindspots. Just correct mirror adjustment are the best.❤
Yay some one actually said it thx free field training
gr8 video! i guess you really do have to be that blunt to get the point across! i love it, lol 🤠
This has been a game changer. So much more confident changing lanes now. Especially at night. The crick-inducing neck-cranes: gone. Or at least minimized. I guess I was stupid. I wonder what else I don't know...
Brilliant!
Best guy, with best car , with best knowledge.....
Yea, I been scared to drive my challenger cuz of this problem. This video helped out.
We need to ride bikes lmao.
How do you tell how far or close a car away is with this positioning when using the side view mirror?
You don't you just pray to god
About reverse there is feature called
reverse tilt mirror / curb view mirror / mirror dip
Well my dad has a old school lambo and idk if you ever been in one but good luck backing that thing up.
Thank you for this I’m gonna drive soon and blind spots sounds horrible to me! 😎
My 1979 Buick Lesabre only had a driver's side mirror and I still had no problems knowing what was around me. The passenger side was optional.
Isn’t blindspot is between the outside of what you can see in your side mirror and where your eye can see as you glance to your side while facing forward ? Which is why they taught you to slightly turn your cheek so you can see into that spot.
Wowwwwwww u just saved me big time 😩🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
I just started driving but I was told you have to have a part of the side of your car in your mirrors. This helps a lot lol especially because in my car you can’t look over your shoulder to see there lmao
Does this still work for dodge challengers. I test drove one and couldn’t help but notice how poor the side visibility is. The blind spots are huge and the mirrors are so small. It’s mostly the passenger side view from the drivers side that is almost completely blind for me lol. That back right end of the car. Any tips? I was thinking about getting after market blind spot monitors.
I agree! I have a Hellcat Challenger and I’ve had a few close calls because the visibility is so poor. Wish I would have bought one with blind spot monitoring..
My man! I have always set up my mirrors exactly like you and never understood why people set up the side mirrors to look at their doors. Here in San Diego there are many stupid drivers.
Liked in first 2 seconds, please do make more videos :)