While backing, you should:
- Rely only on your mirrors.
- Flash your lights.
- Open your door to see if it is safe to proceed.
- Turn your head and look through the rear window. ✓
Answer: D. Turn your head and look through the rear window.
While backing, you should turn your head and look directly through the rear window.
Why this is the answer
The Florida handbook tells you to put your right arm on the back of the passenger seat and turn around so you can see straight out the rear window. It warns that you cannot see directly behind the vehicle in your rear-view or side mirrors, and that cameras and alarms miss small children and animals. The driving exam tests the same habit: you back up slowly while looking to the rear, without using the mirror or the camera monitor.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Rely only on your mirrors. — The handbook says not to depend on your rear-view or side mirrors, because they do not show what is directly behind the vehicle.
- B. Flash your lights. — Flashing your lights does nothing to show you what is behind the car; the handbook's backing guidance is about turning around to see through the rear window.
- C. Open your door to see if it is safe to proceed. — The passages never describe opening the door as a way to check behind you, and it would not give you a clear view of the area directly to the rear.
Remember it
Right arm on the passenger seat, shoulders turned, eyes out the back glass — mirrors come second, never first.