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An FMVSS 111 Compliant Driver's Side Mirror Incorporating a Blind Zone Viewing Section
Technical Paper
2006-01-1291
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Abstract
This paper describes a driver's side outside rearview mirror that combines a spherically convex blind zone mirror with a planar main viewing mirror in such a manner as to comply with FMVSS 111. It is shown that a mirror of this type can potentially reduce lane change type accidents, and the costs associated with failing to provide such a mirror are estimated. The limitations and effects imposed by FMVSS 111 are discussed. The blind zone is defined in terms of the driver, the vehicle and the highway. A mirror performance specification is presented that defines what a blind zone mirror must show to the driver to be classified as a true blind zone mirror. Various ways of implementing the combination mirror are described. Also, the performance of this mirror arrangement is compared to the aspheric outside mirror.
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Platzer, G., "An FMVSS 111 Compliant Driver's Side Mirror Incorporating a Blind Zone Viewing Section," SAE Technical Paper 2006-01-1291, 2006, https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-01-1291.Also In
Automotive Lighting Technology & Human Factors in Driver Vision & Lighting; Rear Vision & Indirect Vision
Number: SP-1993; Published: 2006-04-03
Number: SP-1993; Published: 2006-04-03
SAE 2006 Transactions Journal of Passenger Cars: Mechanical Systems
Number: V115-6; Published: 2007-03-30
Number: V115-6; Published: 2007-03-30
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