Your blind spot is the area of the road:
- You cannot see without moving your head. ✓
- Directly behind your vehicle.
- You see in your rearview mirror.
- You see in your side mirror.
Answer: A. You cannot see without moving your head.
Your blind spot is the area of the road you cannot see without moving your head.
Why this is the answer
The handbook describes blind spots as areas near the left and right rear corners of your vehicle that you cannot see in your rear-view mirrors or with peripheral vision. It tells you to turn your head before changing lanes, passing, or making certain turns so you can check those areas. That matches the choice about an area you cannot see without moving your head. The handbook also notes that larger vehicles have larger blind spots, but the basic idea is that mirrors and peripheral vision leave these areas uncovered.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Directly behind your vehicle. — The passage places blind spots near the left and right rear corners, not simply directly behind the vehicle.
- C. You see in your rearview mirror. — An area you see in your rearview mirror is not a blind spot, because the handbook says blind spots are outside what your rear-view mirrors show.
- D. You see in your side mirror. — The handbook says blind spots are outside what your mirrors and peripheral vision show, so a spot you see in a side mirror is not the blind spot being described.
Remember it
Before changing lanes or passing, turn your head and look for the rear corners your mirrors miss.