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A major cause of road accidents is the well-known blind spot present within the field of view of side-view mirrors of automobiles, in particular of the left. Innovations have been made in the past and recently in designing mirrors that avoid the blind spot, and have been patented. They have some ina

A major cause of road accidents is the well-known blind spot present within the field of view of side-view mirrors of automobiles, in particular of the left. Innovations have been made in the past and recently in designing mirrors that avoid the blind spot, and have been patented. They have some inadequacies however. This invention is based on observation of the distinct roles played by different sections of a side-view mirror. The lower section of the mirror alone accounts for view of the road region close to the auto, wherein the blind spot is located. The invention therefore presents now a modified lower section that makes viewing the blind spot region possible without introducing a curved configuration.

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1. A side-view mirror for automobiles, comprising(i) a back support (ii) a transparent mirror plate, and, (iii) a reflector coating; the reflector coating being positioned between the back support and the transparent mirror plate, the transparent mirror plate having a first surface that is planar, a

1. A side-view mirror for automobiles, comprising(i) a back support (ii) a transparent mirror plate, and, (iii) a reflector coating; the reflector coating being positioned between the back support and the transparent mirror plate, the transparent mirror plate having a first surface that is planar, and a second surface comprising a first sector that is planar and a second sector that is zig-zagged, the zig-zagged sector of the second surface comprising a plurality of successive identical zig-zag surface elements, the zig-zag surface elements comprising a plurality of series of planar surface strips, the line of intersection of adjacent planar surface strips being parallel to the planar first sector of the second surface of the transparent mirror plate, each series of planar surface strips comprising a plurality of planar surface strips, of identical dimensions, mutually parallel, and inclined to the planar first sector of the second surface at a predetermined angle, the plurality of series of planar surface strips being mutually inclined, and, the surface strips of the plurality of series alternating periodically in a fixed sequential order across the zig-zagged surface.