# Cars in the US: why are side mirrors on the doors instead of the hood? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 24, 2024, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-in-the-us-why-are-side-mirrors-on-the-doors-instead-of-the-hood/1003265 "2024-06-24T10:19:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-in-the-us-why-are-side-mirrors-on-the-doors-instead-of-the-hood/1003265/11 "2024-06-24T13:16:25Z")
In the majority of cars, if there’s a blind spot, it’s not because of the car’s design, but because the driver has adjusted the mirrors incorrectly, as I explained, with authoritative cites, in 2017. > [@Why do cars still have blind spots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cars-still-have-blind-spots/783527/41): > > They can be, and the vast majority of cars ever made have been, and still are, designed not to have blind spots. The cause of “blind spots” in 95% (WAG) of ordinary passenger vehicles is not the design of the car, but\*\* the way the driver has adjusted the side mirrors\*\*. Sigene got it right in post 3: If you don’t trust Sigene, here are some more authoritative and detailed explanations: [Car and Driver](http://www.caranddriver.com/features/how-to-adjust-your-mirrors-to-avoid-blind-spots)[AAA](http://seniordriving.aaa.com/improve-your-driving-skills/prepare-drive/how-use-adjust-your-mirrors/) If you can see the sides of your own car in your side view mirrors, you (not the ca… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-in-the-us-why-are-side-mirrors-on-the-doors-instead-of-the-hood/1003265)._