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Originally Posted by svandamme

I don't rely on mirror position or anything.
I move my head around while looking in the mirror when I plan on changing lanes and or turn in a road.
I will also look over my shoulder left and right as well as look in the mirror. (one reason I prefer 2 door cars, they have no B pillar or the B pillar is further behind.

1 Blind spots in the mirror : you can't fully eliminate em if you don't move your head around
2 Modern cars have such big A pillars that you can have a small car, cyclist hidden behind the left A pillar , it if he's at the right speed vs your speed while approaching the intersection..

Moving your head around avoids all that, because your mirror view will move around massively.

I prefer to keep the amount of bobbing and weaving that I have to do to see to a minimum. With the previously posted adjustment of mirrors, I can pass a car in the lane to either side of me and at one point, I'll see the back of the car in the rear view and the front of the car in the side view. By the time back of the car is in the side view, the front is in my peripheral view. It would be REALLY hard to put something in the usual over the shoulder blindspot.

It may not completely eliminate the need to look around, but it's still a huge improvement over the more common way to adjust the mirrors where they mostly overlap. I'd rather see 135º behind me with my mirrors than just 90º. That's the sort of impact that the alternative adjustment has.

The mirrors are a tool and they are there. I'd like to make the best use of them.