The answer options
- A region that your right mirror is covering
- A region your left mirror is covering
- A region that the driver cannot seeCorrect
- A region that isn't lit by your headlights
Why that is the answer
A blind spot is any area around your vehicle that you cannot see directly or indirectly through your mirrors. Although your mirrors help you monitor traffic behind, they leave gaps, particularly over your shoulders. It is not an area covered by mirrors or unlit by headlights. The Highway Code recommends always looking over your shoulder to check your blind spots before moving off, changing lanes, or turning.
How this comes up in the real test
Questions from alertness appear throughout the 50-question multiple-choice section, and the wording changes between versions. Learn the rule rather than the sentence: the DVSA can ask the same point from the opposite direction, and a memorised answer falls over the moment the phrasing moves.
The pass mark is 43 out of 50, so seven wrong answers is your entire margin. If a whole category is shaky, run the topic practice below until you are getting every question right for the right reason, then go back to full mocks under the clock.
More alertness questions
- Before making a U-turn, what should you do?
- Before slowing or stopping your vehicle, what is something you must do?
- How can you make sure that a satellite navigation (satnav) system doesn’t distract you when you’re driving?
- How should you pass the cyclists?
- Something is hanging from your rearview mirror. Why might this pose a risk?
- The windscreen pillar is restricting your view when waiting to emerge from a junction. What should you be especially cautious of?