My New Car Has Door Mirrors That Show Car To Distant. No Warning On Mirror.!

[moggie 939]

My new car's door mirrors show cars too far away! When I picked it up from the dealer and drove on the motorway I pulled out and the car was nearly on top of me! I never had this on my previous cars. and it is a little disconcerting! I will be careful of course but some cars have a warning etched into the mirror glass but not mine.
Does anyone know where I can buy a set of decals to put at bottom of the mirror glass as a reminder? Have trawled internet but no luck .Thanks everyone
Moggie

[kvalidir]

Ge the glass changed to standard glass, I've seen mirrors that make things closer but never further away, that's absolutely dangerous.

[Flonska]

Try this?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Objects-Mirror-Losing-Sticker-stickerbomb/dp/B00AR9G6XO

[Flonska]

Sorry I thought it was a serious decal - not a joke!

[Bazile]

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Motoring/Question1558774.html

[moggie 939]

I know trash panda. When the car looks quite far away and thenI look thru my interior mirror it is nearly on top of me! I might get mirror glass change but car is a new Peugeot 2008.
I have seen this on some other cars with a warning etched into the glass.

[Mamyalynne]

The ones on Amazon are unavailable, maybe a car accessory store?

My Daughter's mirrors have a rim of light that shows when a following vehicle is a given distance behind.

[woofgang]

Its not uncommon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objects_in_mirror_are_closer_than_they_appear

[Baldric]

/// I have seen this on some other cars with a warning etched into the glass ///

I am puzzled as to why you need a warning etched into the glass when you know about the problem?

[moggie 939]

Very smart Mamyalynne!
Thanks everyone for your thoughts. I am sure I will get used to I as I have only had car for a week and do not use motorways much. It was just a shock to see the car in the distance in my door mirror and then looking in the rear view it was almost about to pass me!
Thanks again

[tonyav]

Objects in mirror are closer than they appear
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Side-view mirror with legend

Wing mirror on Korean-specification vehicle. Legend in Korean reads "Objects in mirror are closer than they appear".
Main article: Wing mirror
The phrase "objects in (the) mirror are closer than they appear" is a safety warning that is required[1] to be engraved on passenger side mirrors of motor vehicles in the USA, Canada, Nepal, India and Saudi Arabia. It is present because while these mirrors' convexity gives them a useful field of view, it also makes objects appear smaller. Since smaller-appearing objects seem farther away than they actually are, a driver might make a maneuver such as a lane change assuming an adjacent vehicle is a safe distance behind, when in fact it is quite a bit closer.[2] The warning serves as a reminder to the driver of this potential problem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objects_in_mirror_are_closer_than_they_appear

[woofgang]

same link as I posted, tony.

[tonyav]

So it is, sorry about that, woofgang.