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A new, patented automobile mirror that offers 260-degree peripheral vision without having head movement is producing driving less complicated, safer and significantly less stressful for individuals with a range of vision and other impairments-which includes its inventor.

Brad Sawyer, a 100 %-disabled, Vietnam-era veteran, created the mirror as a driving aid 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 function the left and appropriate hinges to look in either direction, clearly seeing when it is safe to turn left or proper.

Easily See If Cars Are Coming

"When I've angled the visor correctly, I no longer have to ask other people if automobiles are coming," Sawyer says.

His condition is just a single of many disabilities that the MultiFlex Adjust-A-View Security Mirror aids people 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 young children, 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 check blind spots," she says. "This tool increases peripheral vision on both sides, the left specifically. Dangerous, 4-corner intersections are no longer a security concern for me."

No More Blind Spots

Drivers affected by arthritis and those who endure from back discomfort, stiff neck or impaired vision all enjoy the added safety that comes from becoming able to see very easily what had once remained hidden in standard blind spots, Sawyer says. The MultiFlex Adjust-A-View Security Mirror (U.S. Patent No. 6926416) offers for tool-free of charge attachment to the driver-side sun visor for distortion-totally free image reflection in left-side and right-side blind spots, as properly as a vehicle's rear seating compartment.

Measuring 123/four inches wide by 33/four inches higher, and with left and right mirrors every single measuring 51/2 inches wide by three inches high, the safety mirror attaches to a standard driver-side window visor. The driver operates hinges to adjust every single mirror as required and, in that way, views proximate left- and right-side targeted traffic. thumbnail