head check
Shoulder glance backwards
A head check is a quick glance over your shoulder to see what's in your blind spot, especially while driving or cycling: Always do a head check before changing lanes.
In hockey, a head check is an illegal hit targeting an opponent's head.
The term also appears in safety contexts—a brief visual scan to account for people or assess a situation.
- shoulderUpper arm joint
- over the shoulderCarried diagonally across torso
- mirrorReflective viewing surface
- side mirrorVehicle's lateral reflector
- blind spotArea of blocked perception
merge · lane change · glance · quick glance · hockey · boards · penalty box · awareness · inspection · safety · turn · signal · driving · look · verify · peripheral · quick · assess
- blind spotsscotoma, bias, unconscious bias, oversight, confirmation bias
attentiveness in traffic
head checkinattention
Lack of focus
obliviousness · tunnel vision · distracted driving · complacency
head, check, heads, headed, heading, headless, header, checks, checked