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A new, patented automobile mirror that offers 260-degree peripheral vision with out head movement is creating driving easier, safer and less stressful for individuals with a assortment of vision and other impairments-such as its inventor.

Brad Sawyer, a 100 %-disabled, Vietnam-era veteran, developed 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 security mirror, Sawyer says he can look straight ahead and operate the left and right hinges to look in either path, clearly seeing when it is safe to turn left or right.

Very easily See If Vehicles Are Coming

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

His condition is just a single of many disabilities that the MultiFlex Adjust-A-View Security Mirror aids individuals 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, such as her kids, safely and securely even although she lost an eye to retinoblastoma, a kind 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 especially. Harmful, four-corner intersections are no longer a safety concern for me."

No More Blind Spots

Drivers affected by arthritis and those who suffer from back pain, stiff neck or impaired vision all appreciate the added safety that comes from getting capable to see very easily what had as soon as remained hidden in conventional blind spots, Sawyer says. The MultiFlex Adjust-A-View Safety Mirror (U.S. Patent No. 6926416) supplies for tool-cost-free attachment to the driver-side sun visor for distortion-free image reflection in left-side and appropriate-side blind spots, as well as a vehicle's rear seating compartment.

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