How To Check For Blind Spots - Texas Online Adult Drivers Education Video Lecture | Drivers Education of America: Overview - Personal Skills

a concept in driving that gets people in
a lot of trouble is changing lanes and
the main trouble happens because people
fail to check their blind spot they do a
good job of checking this mirror and
this mirror if they're changing lanes to
the left or this mirror and that mirror
if they're changing lanes to the right
but what they don't do is they don't
look over their shoulder it check what
is called the blind spot in other words
it looks like this at some point what
you see in this mirror and what you see
in that mirror are the exact same thing
but that exact same thing and move up
into a position over here just to your
left right here about even with your
shoulder back about five feet in that
car or motorcycle or truck and move into
that space and it will not be detected
by this mirror or that mirror so when
you go to change lanes it's absolutely
necessary it simply take your chin move
it to your shoulder and look over your
left shoulder if changing lanes I think
it's the most important part about
changing lanes okay and for changing
lanes to the right we would just simply
look right here out this back window not
the back window out the rear of the car
but the backside window and if you're
driving a car like a Corvette or a
Camaro that window can be really small
okay let you check right here change the
shoulder and look right here chin the
shoulder do not look out the back glass
that's just overdoing it it's not really
giving you the place where the blind
spot exists the blind spot exists right
here chin to shoulder okay and that's
what you do when you're changing lanes a
whole process for changing lanes is
simply give your left signal if you're
changing lanes to the left check in this
mirror check in this mirror look over
your shoulder if it's clear and then we
would go ahead and drive on over to that
area
we would drive to the end to the lane
change and that's how you do a lane
change it's check that blind spot and
make sure no one is there then if it's
clear then you can move the other thing
that's difficult about blind spots is
that the car that may be over here on
your left shoulder and the lane next to
you may be coming up on you into that
space faster than you're traveling if
you go ahead and do that lane change you
basically are cutting him off so measure
that before you do the lane change are
you travelling faster than the person in
the lane to the left of you or to the
right of you whichever Lane you're going
to change into are you travelling faster
than them if you are then go ahead and
accelerate and do your land change but
if you're not go ahead let them come on
by then look for an opening - into that
space that open lane so that you can
change lanes and that's what the secrets
that I can give you about land changing
and the blind spot