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[ST] Safe Driving Tips.



This message came through our company safety network - it's about a better
way to set the side mirrors on your car, to reduce blind spots.  I've just
uploaded the Powerpoint file.  Try it, see what you think and if it works,
tell everyone you know.  Who knows, it might just prevent some car driver
saying "sorry mate, I didn't see you!" to an unfortunate biker!

Maybe there's a better way to set your bike mirrors too, so that you see
your blind spot not your elbows?

Neil
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> See the BIG PICTURE and be observant of  your surroundings. Here's some
> tips  (See attached file:  SafetyAutomobileSideMirrorPosition.pps)
> Excerpts from National Safety Council on Safe Driving.
> Some of the most serious preventable accidents occur because of blind
> spots while driving!  Now there is a remarkable simple solution discovered
> by an engineer named George Platter.  He presented his method at the
> prestigious Society of Automotive Engineers.
> The National Safety Council tested his theory and discovered, to their
> amazement, that it works!  The method has been fully endorsed by the
> National Safety Council as described in their September/October issue of
> Traffic Safety.  Here's how it works.
> First, forget how we learned to adjust our outside mirrors by plopping
> behind the steering wheel and turning the mirrors so that we just saw the
> side of our car looking back at us in the mirrors.
> Instead, adjust the driver's side mirror by resting your head against the
> driver's side window and then turning the mirror so that you just see the
> side of your car.
> Once this is set, move to the center of the vehicle and turns the
> passenger side mirror so that you can just see the side of your car from
> the center of the vehicle.
> That's it. You won't see your own car in either mirror,  yet what you will
> see is far better.  Cars behind you show up as usual in the inside
> rear-view mirror above the dash, but the instant the car leaves your field
> of vision from the rear-view mirror the outside mirror picks it up.  No
> blind spot; no delays; no wondering where that car about to pass you has
> disappeared to, and no waiting a few seconds for the car that you just saw
> in your rear-view mirror to show up in your outside mirrors.
> All three mirrors work in harmony with one another, and the blind spot has
> been eliminated!

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