Re: Fuel lid on which side? Quote:
Originally Posted by josejoseph ... Well, at least in USA driver side ORVM is planar ... | Err... what makes you say that?
Planar mirrors will not give you enough width of rear view for safe lane changes on a highway. "look about the same size in the mirror as they would if you turned your head around" is a rather simplistic observation, as one doesn't care about size, rather the presence of another vehicle - no matter in which country.
AND, it is only in India that driving schools teach one to turn your head and look behind while reversing (because other people are not careful and are unpredictable). In other countries, for reversing & parking, one is taught to rely on the mirrors. One is taught to quickly turn around and look at the lane one wants to get into - to make sure the mirror blind spot doesn't put one in harm's way while doing a lane change. With a planar mirror, the blind spot will be larger - and one will go barreling into the other lane scaring the daylights out of the person who is right just behind in the other lane!
You have to remember that a radical change, like replacing convex mirrors with planar, will ultimately trickle down to other countries in a rather short while - IF it is logical. Global practices and global suppliers! If it hasn't reached India, it is not done elsewhere. We aren't that backward, you know!
Last edited by DerAlte : 30th March 2013 at 18:11.
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