Make a special point to use your mirrors when:

Make a special point to use your mirrors when:

• A. Slowing or stopping
• B. Accelerating
• C. Cruising on the highway
• D. Checking your fuel level

Answer: (A)

When you’re slowing down or coming to a stop, checking your mirrors is especially important. As you reduce speed, the traffic behind you can close the gap quickly or misjudge your intentions, and a rider may be too close to react in time. By glancing in your mirrors, you can gauge how close the following vehicles are, decide whether you need to brake gradually, prepare to change lanes for space, or allow enough room for yourself to stop safely. It’s also wise to do a quick look over your shoulder to check your blind spots before you brake or change position. While you should stay aware of traffic with mirrors during other maneuvers, the moment that most warrants a deliberate mirror check is when you slow or stop. Checking mirrors for accelerating or cruising is useful too, but it’s the slowdown/stop where rearward awareness has the most immediate safety impact. Checking your fuel level isn’t related to mirror use.

When you’re slowing down or coming to a stop, checking your mirrors is especially important. As you reduce speed, the traffic behind you can close the gap quickly or misjudge your intentions, and a rider may be too close to react in time. By glancing in your mirrors, you can gauge how close the following vehicles are, decide whether you need to brake gradually, prepare to change lanes for space, or allow enough room for yourself to stop safely. It’s also wise to do a quick look over your shoulder to check your blind spots before you brake or change position.

While you should stay aware of traffic with mirrors during other maneuvers, the moment that most warrants a deliberate mirror check is when you slow or stop. Checking mirrors for accelerating or cruising is useful too, but it’s the slowdown/stop where rearward awareness has the most immediate safety impact. Checking your fuel level isn’t related to mirror use.