mirror checks
Quick appearance verifications
Mirror checks are the routine glances a driver makes at rearview and side mirrors to monitor surrounding traffic.
Driving instructors emphasize frequent mirror checks as essential for lane changes, turns, and general awareness: The examiner failed him for insufficient mirror checks.
The term appears almost exclusively in driving contexts.
- blind spotArea of blocked perception
- rearviewShowing what's behind
- glanceBrief, casual look
- drivingControlling a vehicle
- driver's edVehicle operation training
lane change · reflection · safety · merge · signal · indicator · highway · traffic · awareness · quick look · look twice · over the shoulder · adjustment · visibility · parallel parking · instructor · road test · learner
mirror checksdistracted driving
Vehicle control while mentally elsewhere
obliviousness · negligent driving · zoning out · reckless driving
mirror checksstaring
Gazing without break
gazing · fixating · lingering looks · tunnel vision · zoning out
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