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I wonder how Car Rear View Mirrors Works?
when a car behind me with HighBeam, all I do is to flip a tongue in the bottom of the mirror to relax the lights !!
are there 2 mirrors in it one is darker than the other?
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I wonder how Car Rear View Mirrors Works?
when a car behind me with HighBeam, all I do is to flip a tongue in the bottom of the mirror to relax the lights !!
are there 2 mirrors in it one is darker than the other?
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I wonder how Car Rear View Mirrors Works?
when a car behind me with HighBeam, all I do is to flip a tongue in the bottom of the mirror to relax the lights !!
are there 2 mirrors in it one is darker than the other?
reflection
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I wonder how Car Rear View Mirrors Works?
when a car behind me with HighBeam, all I do is to flip a tongue in the bottom of the mirror to relax the lights !!
are there 2 mirrors in it one is darker than the other?
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For manual anti-glare mirrors, the glass is actually a prism with the silvered rear surface not parallel to the front surface
In day-time position, drivers are seeing reflections from the rear surface with large amounts of reflected light reaching their eyes
In night-time anti-glare position, drivers are seeing reflections from the front surface of the glass, with much less light going into their eyes; the brighter rear reflection goes elsewhere. This is still enough to distinguish headlights behind, but not much else, and substantially less than if the day-time position was used at night, so reducing the contrast which could be blinding if the following vehicles were foolish enough to use full-beam headlights
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear-view_mirror#Anti-glare for more (and the automated alternative) which has these two diagrams
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For manual anti-glare mirrors, the glass is actually a prism with the silvered rear surface not parallel to the front surface
In day-time position, drivers are seeing reflections from the rear surface with large amounts of reflected light reaching their eyes
In night-time anti-glare position, drivers are seeing reflections from the front surface of the glass, with much less light going into their eyes; the brighter rear reflection goes elsewhere. This is still enough to distinguish headlights behind, but not much else, and substantially less than if the day-time position was used at night, so reducing the contrast which could be blinding if the following vehicles were foolish enough to use full-beam headlights
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear-view_mirror#Anti-glare for more (and the automated alternative) which has these two diagrams
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For manual anti-glare mirrors, the glass is actually a prism with the silvered rear surface not parallel to the front surface
In day-time position, drivers are seeing reflections from the rear surface with large amounts of reflected light reaching their eyes
In night-time anti-glare position, drivers are seeing reflections from the front surface of the glass, with much less light going into their eyes; the brighter rear reflection goes elsewhere. This is still enough to distinguish headlights behind, but not much else, and substantially less than if the day-time position was used at night, so reducing the contrast which could be blinding if the following vehicles were foolish enough to use full-beam headlights
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear-view_mirror#Anti-glare for more (and the automated alternative) which has these two diagrams
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For manual anti-glare mirrors, the glass is actually a prism with the silvered rear surface not parallel to the front surface
In day-time position, drivers are seeing reflections from the rear surface with large amounts of reflected light reaching their eyes
In night-time anti-glare position, drivers are seeing reflections from the front surface of the glass, with much less light going into their eyes; the brighter rear reflection goes elsewhere. This is still enough to distinguish headlights behind, but not much else, and substantially less than if the day-time position was used at night, so reducing the contrast which could be blinding if the following vehicles were foolish enough to use full-beam headlights
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear-view_mirror#Anti-glare for more (and the automated alternative) which has these two diagrams
answered 2 hours ago
HenryHenry
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For manual anti-glare mirrors, the glass is actually a prism with the silvered rear surface not parallel to the front surface
In day-time position, drivers are seeing reflections from the rear surface with large amounts of reflected light reaching their eyes
In night-time anti-glare position, drivers are seeing reflections from the front surface of the glass, with much less light going into their eyes; the brighter rear reflection goes elsewhere. This is still enough to distinguish headlights behind, but not much else, and substantially less than if the day-time position was used at night, so reducing the contrast which could be blinding if the following vehicles were foolish enough to use full-beam headlights
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear-view_mirror#Anti-glare for more (and the automated alternative) which has these two diagrams
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