Side-view mirror

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A side-view mirror (or side mirror), also known as a door mirror and often (in British English) called a wing mirror, is a mirror placed on the exterior of motor vehicles for the purposes of helping the driver see areas behind and to the sides of the vehicle, outside the driver's peripheral vision (in the "blind spot"). Almost all modern cars mount their side mirrors on the doors—normally at the A-pillar—rather than on the wings (fenders), the portion of the body above the wheel well, as was common on earlier cars. The side mirror is equipped for manual or remote vertical and horizontal adjustment so as to provide adequate coverage to drivers of differing height and seated position. Remote adjustment may be mechanical by means of bowden cables, or may be electric by means of geared motors. The mirror glass may also be electrically heated and may include electrochromic dimming to reduce glare to the driver from the headlamps of following vehicles. Increasingly, the side mirror incorporates...

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