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Adjusting Your Side Mirrors to Avoid Blind Spots

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Despite all the recent changes in automotive safety and convenience technology, there's quite a few of us on the road whose car doesn't alert them to cars in the blind spot when making a lane change. We're here to give you a tip to adjust your side mirrors to basically eliminate your blind spot, and it won't cost the price of new technology features. 

How to Minimize Blind Spots With Your Side Mirrors

Before the release of modern blind spot monitoring systems, we all craned our necks to peek for a car in the blind spot before switching lanes. However, getting rid of those blind spots and saving your neck comes down to simply adjusting your side mirrors to coordinate with your rear view mirror and to give you a wider viewing area.

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Move your mirrors so that they are angled much farther out, starting their area of view right around where the rear view mirror's ends. With them angled out like this, you won't be able to see the side or back end of your vehicle in the side mirrors, so it can be tough to get used to. However, it should allow you to see whether there is a vehicle in your blind spot without having to turn your head around to look. Next time you are frustrated with the lack of high-tech features doing the job for you, give the adjustment a chance and see if it saves you some neck pain while you're on the road.

Need a New Side View Mirror in Racine WI?

If you got into an accident or clipped your garage as you backed out, you may have broken your side view mirror. If you are in need of a new side mirror, give us a call. Our service team would be happy to order the part you need and ensure that it is installed properly when it arrives.
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