Rear View Mirror Compass

Auto Dim Mirrors For Safety While Driving At Night

When you are driving at night time, you know how dangerous it can be if you are driving with a light on. That is why the Auto Dim Mirror was manufactured. You won't find these types of mirrors in older cars, as it has only been within the last 10 years they have become popular and standard use in most vehicles. They reduce the incidence of glare when using them in the car and are used any time, day or night.

Anyone knows that when you look at a bright light and then into the darkness quickly, you can't see properly for a little while. It is almost like you are blinded by the mirrors with lights on them. The same effect happens when passing oncoming traffic when their headlights hit the eyes, or even streetlamps. The very things made to keep us safe can actually harm us if we don't know any better. For a moment you are disoriented and can't see a thing. It usually takes from a few seconds to a couple of minutes to get your perfect eyesight back. This problem can actually be painful for some,a s they are more sensitive to the bright light than others are. Unfortunately, drivers do not usually have more than literally a split second to get their sight back when driving at night time on the open road. They have even less time to consider when it is raining, snowing or foggy outside. In these cases, your reaction time and sight need to be up to par or it could have dangerously fatal outcomes.

The dimming mirrors come in two kinds, manual dim or automatic dimmer. The manual dimming mirrors have a switch you can turn on so it registers that it is night time. Otherwise, the lights come on as usual and turn off abruptly. The automatic dimming mirrors always do the same thing-no on or off switch to make it happen. These are safer than the manual ones because there is no forgetting to turn the switch on to make it work. The beauty of auto dim mirrors is they are always working to dim the lights.

The auto dim mirrors work by sensors detecting how much ambient light is actually present. The sensors will take the level of ambient ight from the rear of the car reflecting onto the mirror and use that to tell the sensors to look for other signs,, like how heavy the glare is. If the sensors detect the glare to be high, then the mirrors darken accordingly. If there si no glare, then they will brighten up accordingly. Essentially, the mirrors use electricity to apply a "tint" to the mirror through what is known as electrochromics, which uses low voltage current sent through two pieces of a mirror to do the job.

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