“FOLLOWING up on.
“last week?s column:

_ regarding checking for”
..eyelists: before flinging |

open one’s. car decor

‘comes a little diatribe
“on the hows and whys
of the shoulder check.

‘ The shoulder cheek j is
supposed to be an‘elemen-'
tary driving habit. ft
involves a quick peck ‘over
‘either shotilder. this viewing
cone’s' “blind spots,”
‘Blind spots.are those
careasvabout one!s vehicle

coawhi¢h cannot be'seen with ©

> either mirrors. nor with |
peripheral vision:

os H vour car were a clock
“face, with-it’s hood being
12/o°¢lock and the trunk,
being 6.o’clock, théetwe
most obvious blind spots
are-considered to be ‘at
“roughly. o’clock'and §

“0 ‘clock (right side and leit:
side, respe tively), :

ften ignored include ibe

s holding up.the

7 fanotier

: good reason “co
vertible); a folded: down sun

IsOr, W hich’ can obscure:

He tights and such trom. ;

Or, assumes that there i
obody" around, .and so;
{pul out into the:
withour so-much:a
you! gue ed i it — 4

fara :

: blind spe
ing at‘speed-along a three-

shoulder check.

This proves most has,
drdous when one is pulling
out ofan alley or driveway

perpendicular.to the bane: |.

head and-precisely in theirs
clock blind spot.

Naturally, the lazy driv r
won't cateb sight of alles ©

with meredible toresight,
vais asually. back offur.
returnte my original line
Wher [encounter these
‘ boncheads. a
Vhac is tosay, whesy .
drive Ealways consider the |
optay deft open tora selr
should [ encounter. bone:
head atany given moment.
Sure, it consume’ a iat of
brain power and r
affords me the unte to think
“about groceries, the: bess ar
last Week ts N Lil episodes”

hut ip keeps me sate tad
Steeling stag. _
“But Shaw ASK,
“whatai the bonehcad is
“night beside you when he
decides th aritt ii vor
Jane :
Sing le. ;
We d's t happe en
refise te fet anvon ‘tive
y paraliel to me as.suchi ]
position leaveame with véry
Hes options should an
“encounter with a bonehicad
Bean my immediantorure:,

“Mat

mea Road Star,’
Caibnre simtig a ivat eal
sate.
Shoulder cheeking 1s
jnearheftorrbss, talks, yet
aon vere crucial,
Doin -,
While Youre andr)
assume the. drivers around
“ you. don “he

When sameone sits
thempelvesnest times |
motor déwirethe did. Ls. ey
Reepoa cory, studicais Corner
afm eve on theny and,
then speed-up or stow'a bit,
thus creating th space
beside me oo

balso-crearce a Sate
UMOUNE Of sp. ra Taeas 1 trontot
and behind me should I
need to rapidly accelerate
or brake ast avead bone:
Heads: : :
Cali ime’ “parancid Bae call

are alot ot stupid lazy,
ponehcedd drivers out there :
Dealw
hes

people by-using the mirrors

as the alley i isnot “always

within the mirror’s contines.
The mirror is designed :

io encompass the rear j

“and side- rear view of the

car.

By their very. nature,
mirrors do, nor offer a
panoramic view,

scrIOUS, design: flaw,

he surrey Buta very good. ve
cason te shoulder chee kas:

Well, : :
Alsen my travels. r lie
sn sve the! biind: 102 athe.
boneheads travel

lane: foe more}: roadway ‘
iP Pminethé curl lane
and want Lo move into: the?
centre labeyd check niy! otis!
rors,-signal left. and shoul:

woder-vheek my lett blind spat’ °

(thar'8 o “ela
~- Frequently! and not
“all tacmy surprise — some

dettow trom the fardett lane
“will. decide to forgo sate ;

“procedures and drift cast
“inte the: same: centre lances:
When such boneheads ’
are slightly abead Gfine:t
see them peripherally: at 10
oeloek, which puts mein

“4 their 4 o'clock “blind “spot.

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