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#1. Why is it important to stay out of the blind spots of a large vehicle?

Large vehicles operate quite differently than cars do. A large vehicle has huge blind spots on all four sides. And it usually doesn’t have a rear-view mirror. Make sure to stay out of its blind spots, or else its driver will not see you. (If you can’t see its driver, either directly or in one of its side mirrors, its driver can’t see you.) You might be hit if you sneak behind a truck while it is backing into a loading bay or out of a driveway. If you cut right in front of a large vehicle, you might enter its front blind spot and risk being rear-ended. Avoid being on the right of a large vehicle if there’s any chance it might turn right. If you’re in the large vehicle’s right-side blind spot, you might be squeezed between the truck and the curb if it turns right.