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This report presents the results of the driver's field of view and the performance of six crossview and two sideview mirror systems on a conventional long-nosed school bus. It also contains an evaluation of the image quality of the crossview mirrors in terms of the angular length and width of their reflected images. The measurements of the field of view and the evaluation of image quality were done at two driver eye locations, one representative of the cyclopian view of a 95th percentile adult male and the other one representative of the cyclopian view of a 5th percentile adult female. Measurements were taken considering that there were no head movements. For the purposes of the study, the term “blind spot” was defined as meaning any area that could not be seen directly by the driver. The performance of the mirrors was judged in terms of their capacity to provide a complete and clear view of the blind spots.