I have heard these claims of not needing to do shoulder checks because of the way you align your mirrors....I don't believe it, especially with the tiny mirrors on the mustang. I've driven trucks with huge *** mirrors with the addition of those little convex mirrors to help you see more and have still found that there is always a potential blind spot.
Everyone can do what they want, but for me when it comes to damaging my car because i changed lanes without a shoulder check or worse, kill a person because of it I'll just spend the half second it takes to glance over and make sure nothing is there.

 

Actually, that's what I forgot to mention... in the daily driver, it has huge a$$ mirrors, so it is much easier to do.

I do still find myself doing shoulder checks - especially on the highway to make sure the guy isnt changing into the same lane.

I didn't mean to advocate not doing shoulder checks if you change the mirrors, but with my personal experience and the huge mirrors, it has defintely helped increase my view of the road behind me.

 

It would seem to me that while you are performing that short shoulder check something in front could just as easily happen as not, referring to not doing a check and hitting something to the side. If the mirrors are positioned properly you generally do not have to check but with your eyes to the right or left what's happening in front of you. You might say it only takes a second and your right, something could happen in front of you, bam. With my mirrors postioned the way they are I can see 180 degrees. Not bad. I can also see what is going on in front. Unless you are racing there is no need to pull out to pass in an aggressive manner. When coming up on slower traffic on the highway you could always plan ahead etc for your move. Just a thougt from an experienced highway, interstate driver

 

I've been driving back and forth from waterloo to kingsville on an average of once a week for the past 5 years....that gives me a lot of hwy experience in my opinion. IF something were to jump right out in front of me while I was doing a quick shoulder check I probably wouldn't have time to avoid it anyway, but at the same time, like you said it revolves around planning ahead, there are times you wouldn't make a lane change because there is a lot happening around and something jumping out is a possibility, but if you know you're going to change lanes and plan it properly the chances of something "jumping out" infront of you is very minimal.

We each have our own style and both for what seem like good reasons to us. All I know is that this summer if you hit me on my bike because you didn't check to make sure it was clear you'll feel pretty stupid and I'll be really pissed off or dead...

 

Valid point. You should be safe as I put a total of 20kms per week on the 05gt :laughhard

 

20 clicks....what a shame, that thing was meant to be driven and driven hard. you planning on making any mods to it?

 

I think why they still teach shoulder checking is that in the old days alot of cars only had one or no side mirrors at all making shoulder checking a must. I would guess they just didnt eliminate still teaching new drivers to shoulder check.

 

no the y still teach it.

 

Hey stock865.0 I am thinking of a lowering kit, some exhaust work and some slightly wider tires. For me personally it is all about wax on wax off

 

paul...bassani! its all i gotta say in the wya of exhaust on 05's