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A new, patented car mirror that offers 260-degree peripheral vision without having head movement is making driving simpler, safer and less stressful for men and women 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 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 appear straight ahead and function the left and right hinges to appear in either direction, clearly seeing when it is safe to turn left or appropriate.

Simply See If Automobiles Are Coming

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

His situation is just 1 of numerous disabilities that the MultiFlex Adjust-A-View Security Mirror helps men and women 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 children, safely and securely even 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, four-corner intersections are no longer a safety concern for me."

No Far more Blind Spots

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

Measuring 123/four inches wide by 33/4 inches high, and with left and right mirrors each measuring 51/2 inches wide by 3 inches higher, the security mirror attaches to a standard driver-side window visor. The driver operates hinges to adjust each mirror as needed and, in that way, views proximate left- and right-side site visitors. thumbnail