XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.law-enforcement   
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   On 8/1/2023 4:49 PM, Ed P wrote:   
   > On 8/1/2023 4:07 PM, 😎 Mighty Wannabe ✅ wrote:   
   >> On 8/1/2023 3:40 PM, Wally J wrote:   
   >>> A teen failed her driving test and the instructor wrote that she   
   >>> failed to   
   >>> check her blind spot when making a right turn at an intersection with a   
   >>> green light when the car crossed the bike lane to the right.   
   >>>   
   >>> On my car, there is no blind spot.   
   >>> I set the mirrors so that I can see any vehicle next to me.   
   >>>  From behind the car, to behind the c pillar and up to the b pillar.   
   >>>   
   >>> The car only leaves the mirrors when it crosses the b pillar.   
   >>> And then I look (when turning right) into the passenger window.   
   >>>   
   >>> Where is this blind spot the instructor is talking about?   
   >>> And how do you properly cross a bike land when making a right turn?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Basically "not checking the blind spot" means she relied totally on   
   >> the mirror and she didn't turn her head to look out the side windows   
   >> (front & rear).   
   >>   
   >> When you are doing a driving test you are supposed to do everything   
   >> by the book.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   > From what I've been told, same think backing up.  Cars have cameras   
   > now, often excellent, but the testing person still wants to see you   
   > turn around to look.   
   >   
   > In reality, I trust my camera more than my turned head.   
      
      
   I think the testing instructor comes to the car with a checklist of   
   things that the student driver has omitted to do or has done wrong, plus   
   extra space to write down other observed infractions not on the checklist.   
      
   So for checking the blind spot, the student driver should turn the head,   
   in an exaggerated manner, to peer out of the front side window and rear   
   side window to make sure the testing instructor cannot say the blind   
   spot was ignored.   
      
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