Thread: Towing mirrors - D3

Originally Posted by trout1105

I would have thought that your mirrors would be just as important (If not More) when you are towing as opposed to when you are not towing especially on Freeways/Dual carriageways.
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Umm....I could see the van with standard mirrors, I towed at the speed limit...with standard mirrors you get a look at what’s behind as soon as your on a slight bend/corner. I never found and difficulties getting from point A to point B.

Why more important on freeways.....? I figured less important.

I use the Milenco Aero 3, these stay on fine for me, probably done about 2,500km with them, but I have not taken them offroad yet. They are easy to attach and remove. The car's fold-in mirrors function can still work with them attached (just) , as can the blind-spot monitoring (just) . They are also fairly unobtrusive.

Originally Posted by weeds

Umm....I could see the van with standard mirrors, I towed at the speed limit...with standard mirrors you get a look at what’s behind as soon as your on a slight bend/corner. I never found and difficulties getting from point A to point B.

Why more important on freeways.....? I figured less important.

And yet you wonder why caravaners get a bad wrap

Originally Posted by trout1105

And yet you wonder why caravaners get a bad wrap

And of course to be a wowser - it is actually illegal not to have mirrors that allow you to see behind the van - Mr Plod likes this one when caravaners have been annoying him.

Not sure how rear cameras fit in with this law but you have to have mirrors that allow you to see traffic etc behind your van.

Rear cameras don’t meet current legislation

Originally Posted by trout1105

And yet you wonder why caravaners get a bad wrap

Not from me.......

Originally Posted by Tombie

Rear cameras don’t meet current legislation

Agree, after my issue the other week and than researching mirrors need to be reflective, no mention of digital alternative.

I would have thought it was all part of safe driving to be constantly checking what's coming up behind you. I certainly do as I can talk to truck drivers or others wanting to go past and that surely must be safer than suddenly having a dirty great truck thundering past that you're unaware of?
Each to his own I suppose and as most drivers never seem to look in their rear vision mirrors it seems to be par for the course to think it doesn't matter.
AlanH.