Setting up door mirrors

Front door handle is here ^


OK, so instructors will generally tell you to set up your door mirrors virtically to allow you to see a 50/50 split i.e. bottom half road, top half trees, houses, sky or whatever - this is fine. But try doing that when your Dad has parked in on your driveway, against a wall, on a slope etc etc. Check out the 2 picture and notice the position of the division between the door windows and the door; also the rear door handles (if a 5 door car). Obviously these objects are in a fixed position in your particular car, so you car set up your mirrors in any situation.
Always set up the left mirror slightly biased downwards, as in left image above and notice that we can just about see the front door handle(shown with little arrow). Consistent with having an excellent long view behind, this slight bias is great for accuracy when doing the manoeuvres. This is because you will be able to see the left kerb, left white line in a bay park etc; and if you can see what you are trying to get close to it really helps.

Hope this helps you learners, try it for yourself and see.

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