[Red Badger]

A side-by-side comparison of a standard flat driver's side mirror with the mirror designed by Dr. R. Andrew Hicks, mathematics professor at Drexel University. With minimal distortion, Hicks's mirror shows a much wider field of view (the wide area to the left of the silver car seen in the distance, behind the tree, in this image). Hicks's mirror has a field of view of about 45 degrees, compared to 15 to 17 degrees of view in a flat mirror. Hicks's mirror received a US patent in May 2012. Credit: R. Andrew Hicks, Drexel University

[Red Badger]

[ClearCase_guy]

The story of this invention is going to be turned into a major motion picture starring Sandra Bullock ...

[Elderberry]

I just put one of those 2 in. concave stick on mirrors on each side mirror.
Problem solved.

[Poser]

Um... Those 99 cent spot mirrors I have on my vehicles are better.

[GOPJ]

This will save the lives of many motorcyclists...

[Revolting cat!]

Why did take 2,000 years, I axe?!

[DManA]

I can adjust my mirrors right now so there’s no blind spots.

[R. Scott]

I learned to eliminate the “blind spot” years ago when I was a cab driver.
Tilt your head to the left and adjust the mirror like usual. When setting straight it covers the “blind spot”. When changing lanes – or just checking behind you – look in the mirror then tilt your head.
Of course some people are too lazy to do it.

[Sea Parrot]

Hell, I have used stick on fish eye mirrors on all my vehicles for years, and they work just fine too.

[Da Bilge Troll]

What “blind spot”?

As I explained to my kids when I taught them to drive, the mirror in the middle is the rear view mirror. The ones on the sides are for the SIDES.

[martin_fierro]

[null and void]

Hmmmmm. Is it just me or does the silver car look much further away in the new mirror?

What's his problem with the "Objects in mirror are closer than they appear" label on his precious mirror?

[SpaceBar]

Pretty amazing. One would think that after a few hundred years with analytic geometry and geometric optics available, someone would have figured this out years ago, but I guess not. My hat’s off to the inventor.

[BitWielder1]

You can buy a little convex glue-on mirror at any auto parts store.
After my second near-accident changing lanes (and I DID look in both mirrors, even turned my head and still didn't see the other car that was about to pass me) I got one of those and never had a problem since.

[USMCPOP]

I like to keep my eye on the road, so I use a sonar-type technique. Tossing an empty beer can or two out the window usually will give you a good “ping”.

[Responsibility2nd]

Mirror-schmirror.

Mirrors are on the endangered watch list. Like spark plugs and AM radios; they are soon to be unnecessary and extinct.

Cameras. That is what is soon on the horizon. Already rear view back up cameras are in most new cars. Soon side view cameras will be the norm.

Not saying if thats good or bad. I’m just sayin’.

[ßuddaßudd]

Blind spots? I was taught to always look over your shoulders and not totally reply upon the mirrors...

[Dahoser]

[razorback-bert]

That building is about to fall over in the new mirror.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The other approach is to make drivers responsible for seeing and adapting to traffic in front only. And If you don’t give the guy in front a wide berth, and he changes lanes when you weren’t allowing for it, you are to blame. That’s a rule of the road in Turkey, and anyone craning their heads around checking for passing traffic - as is required in the US - is considered a crazy nut.

As far as a technological fix for the flat driver’s side mirror is concerned, that would be easily done. To the conventional side mirror, just add a parallel mirror inside the window such that the driver adjusts the outside mirror to give side coverage, and the inside mirror automatically covers the view more to the rear.