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A new, patented car mirror that offers 260-degree peripheral vision with no head movement is making driving less difficult, safer and less stressful for people with a selection of vision and other impairments-such as its inventor.
Brad Sawyer, a 100 percent-disabled, Vietnam-era veteran, designed the mirror as a driving help for himself. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) has fused Sawyer's spine, neck and rib cage, leaving him unable to turn his neck. With his safety mirror, Sawyer says he can look straight ahead and work the left and right hinges to look in either path, clearly seeing when it is secure to turn left or proper.
Effortlessly See If Vehicles Are Coming
"When I've angled the visor properly, I no longer have to ask other men and women if automobiles are coming," Sawyer says.
His situation is just 1 of several disabilities that the MultiFlex Adjust-A-View Safety Mirror aids folks overcome, Sawyer says. He describes a 33-year-old mother of two who has had her driver's license for 16 years. She drives herself and others, such as her youngsters, safely and securely even though she lost an eye to retinoblastoma, a form of eye cancer, when she was only 18 months old.
"I no longer have to turn my head as far to verify blind spots," she says. "This tool increases peripheral vision on each sides, the left specifically. Hazardous, 4-corner intersections are no longer a safety concern for me."
No Far more Blind Spots
Drivers impacted by arthritis and these who endure from back pain, stiff neck or impaired vision all enjoy the added safety that comes from being able to see very easily what had as soon as remained hidden in traditional blind spots, Sawyer says. The MultiFlex Adjust-A-View Safety Mirror (U.S. Patent No. 6926416) supplies for tool-free attachment to the driver-side sun visor for distortion-totally free image reflection in left-side and appropriate-side blind spots, as nicely as a vehicle's rear seating compartment.
Measuring 123/four inches wide by 33/four inches high, and with left and correct mirrors each and every measuring 51/2 inches wide by 3 inches higher, the safety mirror attaches to a traditional driver-side window visor. The driver functions hinges to adjust every mirror as needed and, in that way, views proximate left- and appropriate-side targeted traffic. thumbnail
