Driving what is a head check

About 2 mins to read. Blind spots are areas around your car that you can't see by looking ahead or checking your rear and side mirrors. They can be dangerous, both to you and other road users. Find somewhere you can park with enough room for your coach to walk around your car, keeping at least a car's width away. Note the places where you can't see you coach in your mirrors. The main blind spots for a car are along each side and slightly behind the driver, but there can be others.

Get an idea of where your blind spots are by getting another person to walk around your car. And in the busier urban areas, like here in Vancouver, there are going to be people that are going to cutting on the inside of you, especially if you're learning and not going very fast, and they're experiencing road rage.

So it's just as important on a left-hand turn that you shoulder check and learn how to observe properly because when you get out and start driving for the purposes of driving safely and driving defensively. In fact, any time you move your vehicle laterally and there are any other road users--scooters, bicycles, motorcycles, those types of things in and around you.

And if you go to other countries--just on that last note of motorcycles--in Australia motorcycles do not sit in traffic. And I'm sure there's other countries--I think as well in Britain they also have that culture as well. Leave a comment down in the comment section there - all that helps that the new drivers learning how to drive and get their license. Check out all the video here on the channel if you're working towards a license or starting a career as a truck or bus driver - lots of great information here.

It can be anything that requires you to take some action to avoid danger. One way to get into the habit of thinking about hazards is to have your instructor say them out loud when you're driving. Some hazards are obvious or predictable e. They may be vehicles moving at a slower speed than you are. Remember your hazard perception test. Other hazards are hidden or unpredictable e. A hazard that is obscuring the view of a driveway — where a car could come out or where a child could run out onto the road.

Experienced drivers can identify hazards without thinking - not just the obvious ones, but hidden hazards too. This takes the learner driver some time to learn. The first part of that is learning to scan ahead.

Good drivers aim high with their eyes. Moving their eyes back and forth and side to side…and constantly scanning out where they want to be in 12 seconds time. The idea is to get the big picture all time. Checking blind spots are also known as head checks or shoulder checks. You should check your blind spots before changing your road position.

Do not drive in the blind spot of other vehicles. The centre mirror should have the whole of the rear window in view and the side mirrors should have the horizon in the middle of the mirror with a good view to either side of the car. Maintaining a safe gap with other traffic while driving reduces danger and can even prevent a crash. Maintaining this safe distance around your car helps create a safety zone to allow for other drivers mistakes.

However you can only keep the safety zone in place by knowing what is going on all around your vehicle — including behind and to the side of your car. This needs regular and effective use of the mirrors. This will allow more time to slow down and reduce the danger from the car behind. It's a good idea to use your mirrors regularly whilst driving to keep an awareness of what is behind and to the side of your car.

Remember the scanning routine, these checks should be every seconds. Experienced drivers do this automatically. This could be important in an emergency because if we already know where vehicles are around us we would know how best to react to danger.

Even when driving along a quiet road you should perform occasional mirror checks although your main focus should be in front of the car.