Karen, I have a smaller round blind spot/wide angle mirror on the driver's side mirror. You can buy one at any auto parts store, for like 10-20.00. It allows you to see all of the way back to the tail of your car and beyond. I first got one when I started driving a 4-Runner, after having smaller cars. I am so used to it that I am on my second (smaller) car since the 4-Runner and I couldn't drive without one. But, my DH doesn't have one, even on his huge SUV and he never turns his head. He had a few years' experience owning a lunch truck, and driving that huge vehicle taught him a lot about peripheral vision. The car he has now has the "automatic parking" feature, and he only rarely uses it. Me, I don't parallel park; thankfully, I learned to drive 6 months after we moved away from the northeast, and never had to until moving back here. I avoid it like the plague, and have done it only maybe 5 times in my life.
Cycling is easier.