When driving behind or beside a large vehicle, you should avoid…?
- Passing
- Using the radio
- Making eye contact
- Driving in their blind spot ✓
Answer: D. Driving in their blind spot
Stay out of a large vehicle's blind spot — that is the area you should avoid driving in when you are behind or beside a big truck or bus.
Why this is the answer
The handbook points out that large vehicles have big blind spots both behind them and beside them. If you sit in one of those spaces, the driver simply cannot see you, so you lose the benefit of being noticed. The chapter gives a practical check: you should be able to see both mirrors of the truck or bus ahead of you. If you cannot see the mirrors, you are in a spot where the driver has no view of your car, which is exactly the situation the rule tells you to keep clear of.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Passing — Passing is not something the handbook tells you to avoid around big vehicles; it says to pass only when you are certain it is safe.
- B. Using the radio — The passages never mention the radio as a hazard when you are near a large vehicle.
- C. Making eye contact — Making eye contact is not discussed in these passages, so it is not the thing to avoid.
Remember it
Use the mirrors as your gauge: if you cannot see both of the big vehicle's mirrors, its driver cannot see you.