That's because these aren't the flat mirrors you might have in your house. They are convex mirrors. But why do cars use convex mirrors? To understand this, you first need to know how the human eye ...

Instead, to compensate for angle and distance, the passenger-side mirror is actually convex in shape—it bulges slightly in the center compared to the edges, like a contact lens. The convex shape ...

In the U.S., passenger-side mirrors are convex (meaning curved slightly outward), whereas driver-side mirrors are flat. A convex mirror placed on the passenger side reduces the driver’s blind ...