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Safe drivingQuestion 166 of 229

How should you check your blind spots?

  1. Turn your whole body toward the window
  2. Turn the steering wheel slightly
  3. Look only in your side mirrors
  4. Turn only your head and look over each shoulder
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Correct answer: Turn only your head and look over each shoulder

Look out of the side windows over your shoulders. Move only your head, not your body or the wheel.

Source: California Driver's Handbook (DL 600, California DMV, 2025), Section 8. Safe Driving: Blind Spots, page 58

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Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026