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A new, patented vehicle mirror that provides 260-degree peripheral vision with no head movement is generating driving simpler, safer and much less stressful for individuals with a selection of vision and other impairments-including its inventor.

Brad Sawyer, a 100 percent-disabled, Vietnam-era veteran, designed 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 appear straight ahead and operate the left and proper hinges to look in either path, clearly seeing when it is protected to turn left or correct.

Easily See If Vehicles Are Coming

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

His condition is just one particular of several disabilities that the MultiFlex Adjust-A-View Security Mirror assists 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 other individuals, which includes her children, safely and securely even though she lost an eye to retinoblastoma, a type 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 especially. Hazardous, 4-corner intersections are no longer a security concern for me."

No Far more Blind Spots

Drivers impacted by arthritis and those who endure from back pain, stiff neck or impaired vision all enjoy the added security that comes from getting able to see effortlessly what had after remained hidden in classic blind spots, Sawyer says. The MultiFlex Adjust-A-View Security Mirror (U.S. Patent No. 6926416) gives for tool-free of charge attachment to the driver-side sun visor for distortion-free image reflection in left-side and proper-side blind spots, as well as a vehicle's rear seating compartment.

Measuring 123/4 inches wide by 33/four inches high, and with left and appropriate mirrors every single measuring 51/2 inches wide by three inches higher, the security mirror attaches to a standard driver-side window visor. The driver operates hinges to adjust each and every mirror as required and, in that way, views proximate left- and correct-side site visitors. thumbnail