When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Objects in mirror are closer than they appear - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objects_in_mirror_are...

    It is present because while these mirrors' convexity gives them a useful field of view, it also makes objects appear smaller. Since smaller-appearing objects seem farther away than they actually are, a driver might make a maneuver such as a lane change assuming an adjacent vehicle is a safe distance behind, when in fact it is quite a bit closer ...

  3. Side-view mirror - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side-view_mirror

    A side-view mirror (or side mirror), also known as a door mirror and often (in the UK) called a wing mirror, is a mirror placed on the exterior of motor vehicles for the purposes of helping the driver see areas behind and to the sides of the vehicle, outside the driver's peripheral vision (in the "blind spot").

  4. The Evolution of the Side-View Mirror

    www.aol.com/evolution-side-view-mirror-143000237...

    From the April 2022 issue of Car and Driver.. As cars get larger and more complex, so do their components. Consider the humble side-view mirror, once an optional add-on, now a safe-folding, lane ...

  5. Vehicle blind spot - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_blind_spot

    The blue car's driver sees the green car through the mirrors but cannot see the red car without turning to check the blind spot (the mirrors are not properly adjusted) As one is driving an automobile , blind spots are the areas of the road that cannot be seen while looking forward or through either the rear-view or side mirrors (expecting that ...

  6. Ford just added 100 hidden-for-decades photos of concept cars ...

    www.aol.com/ford-just-added-100-hidden-122449298...

    This 1962 Ford Seattle is among 100 concept car images that Ford Motor Co. just added to its online archive site. Images are now available to the public for free downloading.

  7. Automotive head-up display - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_head-up_display

    It toggles between the GPS navigation instruction arrow and the speedometer. The arrow is animated to appear scrolling forward as the car approaches the turn. The image is projected without any kind of glass combiner. HUD in a Mazda using a retractable combiner rather than being reflected from the windshield.

  8. List of cars with non-standard door designs - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cars_with_non...

    Suzuki CV1 – one single door in the car's fiberglass body; Tata Magic Iris – All three doors are conventional doors, 2 doors on the passenger's side and 1 door on the driver's side. TVR Tuscan Speed Six – Conventional front doors, but door handles are in button form under the side mirrors.

  9. Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objects_in_the_Rear_View...

    "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" is a song composed and written by Jim Steinman, and recorded by Meat Loaf. The song was released in 1994 as the third single from the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell and it reached number 38 on US's Billboard Hot 100 , and number 26 in the UK Top 40 .