What are the three mirrors in a car called?
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The mirror located in front of the windshield inside the cockpit is called the interior rearview mirror, primarily designed to help the driver confirm the situation behind the vehicle. The mirrors located on both sides of the driver and front passenger seats are called side mirrors, used to observe the road conditions behind the car during reversing and to monitor the vehicle's body during driving. The side mirror is one of the important safety components of a motor vehicle's body, used to observe the road conditions behind the car during reversing and to monitor the vehicle's body during driving. Currently, the reflective films for side mirrors in domestic vehicles are generally made of silver and aluminum, with some using chromium. Abroad, chromium mirrors have already replaced silver and aluminum mirrors for vehicle side mirrors. The rearview mirror is a tool that allows the driver, seated in the driver's seat, to directly obtain external information about the rear, sides, and lower parts of the vehicle. For the convenience of the driver's operation, to prevent traffic safety accidents, and to ensure personal safety, all countries require that vehicles must be equipped with rearview mirrors, and all rearview mirrors must be adjustable. When changing lanes to the left, simply look at the left mirror. If overtaking a vehicle on the left and merging ahead, first glance at the side window to feel that you have passed the left vehicle, then check the rearview mirror to confirm that the vehicle appears in the mirror before changing lanes to the left. When changing lanes to the right, the position of the vehicle behind on the right is mainly confirmed through the right rearview mirror. The exact position at which the right rear vehicle appears before changing lanes varies slightly with each car's rearview mirror and can only be judged by habit. There's usually no need to specifically look at the center rearview mirror when changing lanes. However, the center rearview mirror should be constantly monitored while driving. When adjusting, it is recommended to first adjust the seat to a suitable position, then observe the side mirrors. Seeing the vehicle's body in the mirror, with the body area not exceeding 1/4 of the mirror image, is within a reasonable range. In principle, observing the scene behind the vehicle from the side mirrors with the distant horizon centered in the mirror image is ideal. When you can just see the rear vehicle's front wheels in the rearview mirror, the distance between the front and rear vehicles is about 13 meters. Seeing the grille indicates about 6 meters, and just not seeing the grille indicates about 4 meters. Additionally, during emergency braking, it's necessary to appropriately ease the brake based on the distance to provide stopping distance and space for the vehicle behind. Proper use of the center interior rearview mirror can reduce blind spots for vehicles behind, making driving safer.
