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A very simple question that I have never seen an answer to is, "were the mirrors adjusted for a shorter driver"? The answer to that question would tell a story.
With what's happened in my life the last nearly year, I've not been able to drive much of the year. Probably six to seven different people have used my car during that time, taking me places, etc. While many have had to adjust the seat to some degree or another, I've only noticed the mirrors also being adjusted when I've then gotten in the car to drive maybe twice. In a year.
It may be that where my mirrors are set for how I sit just happen to be in a spot that ends up working for people taller and shorter both, or it may be that they're close enough, that, especially for short distances they've not adjusted them.
If RM's car was only driven a brief distance to the station, even if someone had to adjust the seat, it's highly likely (IMO) that the mirrors may not have also been adjusted - especially if they were trying to leave quickly.
My shorter friend that has driven my car the most absolutely would have to move the seat forward to drive, but could drive it without moving the mirrors. Again, just what I've noticed - as I actually thought about it two weeks ago when I got in the car after having to have been picked up at the hospital just a couple of days earlier - especially since observing it and thinking about it because of this case!