YSK: How to Properly Set Your Side Mirrors

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How to Properly Set Your Side Mirrors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkQX2gkwJoE

Setting your car’s mirrors properly will ensure that you can always see what's behind your car, even if you don’t have a high-tech blind spot monitoring syst...

Why YSK: The side mirrors on a car are not for looking directly back behind the car. They should be angled out a little from the car to check your blindspots.

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It seems like the logical thing to do, but when I first started driving I had no idea how the side mirrors had to be adjusted. I eventually decided that I should at least have it angled to see the other lanes for when I wanted to merge. It wasn’t until much later that I learned that the side mirrors could and should be used to check the back of the car as well.

You don't really need to see the back of your car, i mean you can ask why but i don't really know.