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Periodically checking your mirrors when driving is part of defensive driving. Driving involves much more than what is straight ahead. You need to check both sides and to the rear. For example, how would you react if you see a semi approaching your back bumper at a rapid rate of speed and the trucker begins to lay on his horn (a possible indication of a warning to you that he can't stop his truck)... Oddities occur all the time when driving; we need to be prepared for the unexpected. One way to do that is being aware of what is going on all the way around your vehicle.

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