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Observation & mirrors

Changing lanes without a blind-spot check

Usually Grade 3 — dangerous or potentially dangerous · automatic fail

Mirrors don't show everything. A car can sit in your blind spot — changing lanes without a shoulder check is a dangerous fault.

✕ The fault

Signal on, straight over…

✓ The right way

Mirror, signal, shoulder check…

How to get it right

  1. 1Check interior and right mirror.
  2. 2Signal right.
  3. 3Quick glance over your right shoulder.
  4. 4Move across gradually when clear.