I did some checking about the convex question. I was told by the Fla Dept
Motor Vehicles that standard equipment on vintage vehicles are
grandfathered in and there is no requirement to change the equipment.
So, at least in Fla and probably elsewhere, if you have flat wing
mirrors on the passenger side, no problem unless you want to change it.
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On Fri, 8 Mar 1996, dan parslow wrote:
> Chris,
>
> I would recommend flat for door mirrors, and convex for wing mirrors.
>
> Here in the US we have this stupid law that requires A) convex passenger-
> side door mirrors to increase field of view, and B) engraving on the
> lower half of that mirror which says in huge block capitals "OBJECTS IN
> MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR", thus negating the advantage by
> rendering half the mirror unusable.*
>
> That's what I like about driving in the UK vs. the US. The cars have
> so little of this nonsense.
>
> - Dan
> * If you've seen "Ace Ventura", this is the source of the joke where
> he sees a maniac in his rearview and says "Warning: Assholes are
> closer than they appear!" Oh, no, E-mail violation.^^^^^^^^ Bust
> me, Bob Dole.
>
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