4 Moving Your Rear-View Mirror
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Sit in your normal comfortable driving posture. When setting your mirror position, having the right posture is very important as it will greatly affect what you see in the mirror. However, this doesn’t mean sitting in an unusual position because if you do this, when you drive, what you see will be very different to when you set the mirror.
- Take some personal ownership here in terms of knowing how you sit when driving. For example, if you know you sit tall when driving, sit tall when setting your mirrors.
2. Move the rear-view mirror so you can see the entire rear window. This will mean that you have the maximum range of vision which will be equal on both sides.[11]- You will be able to see fairly far back in the lanes behind you if the mirror is on the correct angle.
- You use this mirror most often whilst driving so the aim is for you to be able to just quickly glance at it, get the image, and look back at the road.
3. Turn on the night-view setting to avoid glare. When using this mirror at night, the cars behind you will have their lights on meaning there will most likely be some glare. Most cars have a night-view setting for this mirror which you can turn on. You can usually find the button attached to the mirror underneath or on the side of it.[12]- This setting simply reduces the glare that you will have to deal with.
- Having the setting on during the day won’t make a huge difference if you forget about it but because it dulls light coming in, try to remember to turn it off.
4. Flip the mirror upside down if you are over 6 feet (1.8 m) feet tall. This repositions the mirror so that the bottom edge is 1 inch (2.5 cm) – 2 inches (5.1 cm) higher than it is normally. This means the blind-spot for a particularly tall driver is substantially smaller.
