Why does the passenger mirror on a car read, “Objects in mirror are closer than they appear,” but not the driver’s side?

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Why does the passenger mirror on a car read, “Objects in mirror are closer than they appear,” but not the driver’s side?

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Passenger mirror on cars is curved to give driver a wider field of view. The trade-off for that distortion is that things look further away than they are — hence the warning reminding drivers.

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