What you cannot see in your vehicle rear and side view mirrors is said to be in your…?
- Safe zone
- Danger zone
- Blind spot ✓
- Dark area
Answer: C. Blind spot
The areas around your vehicle that you cannot see in your rear-view or side-view mirrors are your blind spots.
Why this is the answer
The handbook defines blind spots plainly: they are the areas beside and around the vehicle that the mirrors do not show you. It notes that even with properly adjusted mirrors there are large areas you cannot see, with the most dangerous ones to the side, plus smaller ones to the front and rear. That is why you adjust the side-view mirrors to reduce blind spots as much as possible rather than expecting mirrors to remove them.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Safe zone — A safe zone suggests an area you can confirm is clear, but the handbook's point is that these unseen areas are exactly where you lack information.
- B. Danger zone — The handbook does not call unseen mirror areas a danger zone; it calls the unseen side areas blind spots, though it does say the side ones are the most dangerous.
- D. Dark area — A dark area is about lighting, not about what the mirrors fail to show you, so it does not match the handbook's term for these areas.
Remember it
Before you move, turn your head and check the side the mirrors cannot show you.