Bigger is better?

I'm back! So after a long hiatus, and close friends asking when I'd write again on my blog, I've decided, 'hey! It's time for random stories & thoughts again!" With that in mind, here it goes..

There has been a thing I wanted to get off my chest. I almost think about it daily. Well more like once a month, but still, it bothers me. I know I'm not alone. There has to be other people who feel the same way. Who in their right mind thinks a HUGE side mirror, on a foot long arm looks good?

Just look at these things, it's like they're compensating for a lil' something. Look at this mirror ladies, it's 10" long:

Now some people will exclaim - "hey, but it's useful for seeing better when I tow!" I believe these people have never seen a school bus. As most kids know, a school bus, which is longer than anything 99% of pick truck drivers will ever tow, has an ingenious tool. This tool happens to be a small curved mirror. It does the same job without the dumbo like ears for mirrors.

Aside from how hideous these mirrors look, may main issue is the fact that it's more dangerous. Some drivers seem to be completely oblivious to the new added width to their truck. Not only do they come close to hitting cars as they drive by, but I know someone who was knocked unconscious by one of these idiotic mirrors as the truck drove by too closely to him.

Watch what will happen in the next several years. These mirror manufacturers are going to follow Gillette's philosophy of more is better (Mach 3 razor, Mach 4, Mach 5 razors...) and create a mirror that looks like this:


You have to admit, there's a resemblance!