I almost hit someone the other day. That same day my daughter joked about my "baby mirrors". Never realized they are kinda small. What mirrors should I be using? I'm not towing anything, yet I couldn't see that little car even while she was honking. I prefer to use the same holes in the door, if possible.
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My nemisis is vehicles painted the color of asphalt... dark grays, dark blues.
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My other nemisis is vehicles painted the color of shadows -- charcoal, black.
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On our ExpeditionVehicle, we mounted extra 8" (eight inch) convex mirrors -- plural -- to the below-eye-level mirror bracket, plus we mounted two more on a bracket at the top of the door.
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Why?
My hobby is walking wrecking-yards (aka 'dismantlers').
In addition to examining wrecks to determine survivability, I look for innovative home-brew concoctions folk added for safety.
I immediately noticed professional drivers of Class 4 and bigger trucks -- local delivery trucks, semi trucks -- add any available help to avoid nincompoops loitering in the 'suicide-zone'.
Big convex mirrors -- plural -- seem popular, so we went that direction, too.
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At the RecreateVehicles show at the fairgrounds last weekend, all the rigs, irregardless of size, used the bare minimum of mirror -- singular.
If I was me, I think I would avoid a factory RecreateVehicle... because I get the impression they could care less about anything after the purchase.
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My ancient BMW motorcycle has 136,000 miles.
I rode since I was ten, so I am fairly aware of motorcyclists.
A couple years ago, I almost pulled out of a parking-lot, almost T-boned a middle-aged gentleman on a classic restored Honda scrambler putting along at 25mph.
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Instead of a traditional warning color of neon lime or florescent orange with a white helmet, he wore a 'letter-jacket' issued to members of the high-school chess club -- brown and green torso, tan sleeves.
Charcoal colored helmet.
Absolutely perfectly camouflaged, invisible against the background.
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Riders, you need to stop doing that.