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Mirrors do not provide an accurately scaled image. Depending on your distance from the mirror (which will be different depending on the driver and exact setup), the scale of the objects depicted in the mirror…

It is a simple matter of physics that the bigger the vehicle you are driving, the larger your blind spots will be. This makes driving a much more dangerous experience – another vehicle can literally…

Reverse parking is one of the hardest elements of driving. It requires fine motor skills, keen spatial awareness, and expert judgment of distances. Learning it is a difficult process for beginner drivers, and doing it…

Humans are actually rare among animals in that we have both eyes on the front of our heads, facing the same direction. The only other animals that have that trait are carnivorous mammals, primates, and…

The most dangerous things in this world are almost always the ones that you don’t know about. The hazards that you don’t notice, the weaknesses that you’re not aware of, the risks that you haven’t…

One of the interesting things about classic works of literature is how they rely on certain technologies not existing – usually because they didn’t exist at the time the work was written. Romeo and Juliet…

This one’s a true story about something that happened to me recently. A few weeks ago, I accidentally backed into someone’s car as I was reversing out of my driveway. It was a bright day,…