can you drive a car without a driver side mirror?
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A car without a driver's side mirror will also fail an MOT. If a vehicle has had its passenger side mirror broken off or its glass smashed in a way which makes it impossible to use, then a driver can still legally drive the car without it. However, hazards may be difficult to see so it is not advisable to drive.
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They're designed to give you visibility of up to 200 feet behind your vehicle, which is essential when you're overtaking, switching lanes, turning, and parking. Technically, you could drive with a broken side mirror (or no side mirrors at all) and experience no issues.
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Side mirrors not required. Vehicle must have one mirror that a driver can use to detect any vehicle traveling in the same direction and overtaking the driver's vehicle. Florida: ... Mirrors must have a view of at least 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle.
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In Virginia, you don't even need to have the doors on it during a safety inspection. You do have to have a driver's side mirror though. A passenger side mirror is optional. ... Since they're allowed to drive around on the road with just a driver's mirror, so are you.
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New Mexico: Side mirrors are only required if the view from the center mirror is obstructed. Mirrors must have a view of at least 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle.
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No, there must be a rear view mirror located inside or outside the vehicle, or both. Side mirrors are required if you cannot see 300 feet to the rear.
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In Ontario you don't need doors. You do need mirrors, If you only have a mirror on the drivers side then you need a rear view as well. If you have a mirror on your left and right side of the car then you don't need the rear view. Re: This is the law!!
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NY law requires a driver's door mirror plus one more, either a windshield-mounted mirror or passenger door mirror. Your car should be fine.
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Georgia: Side mirrors are only required if the view from the center mirror is obstructed. Mirrors must have a view of at least 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle.
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Side mirrors are only required if the view from the center mirror is obstructed. Mirrors must have a view of at least 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle. Tennessee: ... It specifically says "motor trucks" must have at least one unobstructed mirror if it is loaded or built to prevent the driver's view of the rear.
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It is legal to drive without doors in California. However, you are suppose to have a mirror on the driver's side.
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Texas: Side mirrors are only required if the view from the center mirror is obstructed. Mirrors must have a view of at least 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle.
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Mirrors. ... EXCEPTION: Only one outside mirror shall be required, on the driver's side, on vehicles so constructed that the driver has a view to the rear by means of an inside mirror. Vehicles equipped with only one outside mirror must have the mirror on the driver's side.
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Mirrors must have a view of at least 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle. Georgia: Side mirrors are only required if the view from the center mirror is obstructed.
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The BGE setting requires turning the field of view of each outside mirror outward by about 15 degrees from the blindzone setting. For the driver's side mirror, this can be done by placing your head against the side window as shown in Graphic C and then setting the mirror to just see the side of the car.
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Is it Illegal to Drive Without a Side Mirror in Australia? If your car is manufactured with two side mirrors, then it's illegal to drive without either one of them. ... After 1975, at least one rear-vision mirror must be fitted on the driver's side.
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4. Florida statute requiring a vehicle to have a mirror reflecting a view of the highway for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle does not require a center rearview mirror if one or more side mirrors meet its requirement. West's F.S.A. § 316.294.