NEW PETERBILTS..CAN'T SEE OUT OF THE MIRRORS

My company has recently taken delivery of Peterbilts for our 7 and 11 ton box trucks. When I was assigned to mine, upon settling in I immediately noticed that the mirrors were too high to see out of the whole mirror, only the top portion of the mirror. I also discovered that the mirrors do not adjust vertically, or have a slot bracket that could be used to pull them in from the top, in addition the round mirror attached at base of the mirror blocks the lower 2-3 inches of the mirror itself. I went ahead and drove the truck the first shift, and had such reduced vision out of the passenger mirrors that my stress level was way up. I have a steep pit dock in a corner to deliver to multiple times and I could not see my tires or lower half of the cargo box. After the shift I told management that it needs to be fixed, and they tried to sweep it under the rug by saying that I was the only one that seemed to have an issue with it. I then found out that two others drivers had backing contact incidents on thier first trips in these vehicles. I filed a safety hazard report, and now there is a lot of noise and scrambling, and several other drivers have come forward saying that they cannot properly see out of these mirrors. The taller drivers seem to be ok with it, but the rest of us that are less that about 5'10 seem to be affected. I am 5'5". I am curious to know if anyone else out there has experienced this issue.

 

No the mirrors are fixed tight vertically and only adjust slightly horizontally. The left side fender mirror is behind the door post and you cannot see out unless you lean to the left or right. Ridiculous.