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

Brad Sawyer, a one hundred percent-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 appear straight ahead and operate the left and correct hinges to appear in either path, clearly seeing when it is safe to turn left or right.

Very easily See If Automobiles 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 one of many disabilities that the MultiFlex Adjust-A-View Safety Mirror aids 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 other folks, such as her youngsters, safely and securely even though 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 verify blind spots," she says. "This tool increases peripheral vision on each sides, the left specially. Dangerous, 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 enjoy the added security that comes from getting able to see easily what had once remained hidden in classic 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-totally free image reflection in left-side and correct-side blind spots, as effectively as a vehicle's rear seating compartment.

Measuring 123/4 inches wide by 33/4 inches higher, and with left and appropriate mirrors every measuring 51/two inches wide by 3 inches high, the security mirror attaches to a traditional driver-side window visor. The driver functions hinges to adjust every single mirror as necessary and, in that way, views proximate left- and right-side targeted traffic. thumbnail