| Whether your car is small or large, you will have blind | | | | interior mirror should be set to see straight back along |
| spots. Every year, children are injured and killed | | | | the road, the mirrors mounted on the doors should not |
| because drivers (in some cases, parents) don't see | | | | duplicate this view. The proper use of the rear-view |
| them while backing up. Statistics show that at least 50 | | | | mirrors is to let you visualize the blind spots flanking |
| children are backed over every week in the U.S. Part | | | | your car. So here is what you do. First adjust your |
| of the culprit is that Americans prefer larger vehicles | | | | driverâs seat to the correct position. Second, |
| which also come with larger blind spots. But passenger | | | | lean your head and torso over to the left until your |
| cars have theirs as well and all cars should be | | | | head contacts the window glass. Now, adjust the |
| modified or maintained for any blind zones around | | | | left-side mirror outward until you can barely see your |
| them. | | | | own fender in it. Next, lean over to the right a similar |
| To modify your vehicle the best you can for blind | | | | distance, and adjust the right-side mirror so you can |
| spots, start with your rear-view mirrors. While the | | | | just see your own rear fender. |