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Check them briefly and regularly, as well as before manoeuvres.
Make brief, regular checks, including before manoeuvres, while maintaining attention ahead and to the whole surroundings. This helps track traffic, but mirrors do not show what is in their blind spots: check those directly when necessary and safe. Do not keep your gaze fixed on the mirrors.
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Check them only when changing lanes, never during the rest of the journey.
Check them briefly and regularly, as well as before manoeuvres.
Keep your gaze fixed on them and stop looking ahead.
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