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From 30 metres behind the ocular points to the horizon.
From 30 metres behind the driver’s ocular points to the horizon. The strip is laterally bounded by a plane parallel to the vehicle’s median longitudinal plane through its outermost point on the driver’s side. The same paragraph adds a one-metre-wide area from four metres behind the ocular points. These are fields of vision defined for this mirror class rather than a universal 50-metre requirement for every mirror. Adjustment and observation checks must account for the specific device and vehicle.
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Only from 50 metres behind the ocular points to the horizon.
From 30 metres behind the ocular points to the horizon.
Only from 100 metres behind the ocular points to the horizon.
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