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A new, patented automobile mirror that offers 260-degree peripheral vision with no head movement is producing driving simpler, safer and less stressful for folks with a variety of vision and other impairments-like its inventor.

Brad Sawyer, a one hundred %-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 appear in either path, clearly seeing when it is protected to turn left or right.

Effortlessly See If Vehicles Are Coming

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

His situation is just 1 of many disabilities that the MultiFlex Adjust-A-View Safety Mirror helps 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, which includes 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 check blind spots," she says. "This tool increases peripheral vision on both sides, the left specially. Dangerous, 4-corner intersections are no longer a safety concern for me."

No Far more Blind Spots

Drivers affected by arthritis and those who endure from back discomfort, stiff neck or impaired vision all appreciate the added safety that comes from being capable to see effortlessly what had when remained hidden in conventional blind spots, Sawyer says. The MultiFlex Adjust-A-View Security Mirror (U.S. Patent No. 6926416) supplies for tool-free attachment to the driver-side sun visor for distortion-free image reflection in left-side and proper-side blind spots, as nicely as a vehicle's rear seating compartment.

Measuring 123/4 inches wide by 33/four inches high, and with left and proper mirrors every single measuring 51/2 inches wide by three inches higher, the safety mirror attaches to a conventional driver-side window visor. The driver functions hinges to adjust every mirror as necessary and, in that way, views proximate left- and appropriate-side visitors. [http://www.lonesomejim-film.com/commercial-safety-and-security/ thumbnail]