Anonymous
Post 04/18/2023 17:52     Subject: How often do you check your rear view/side mirrors?
Men - all the time

Women - rarely
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2023 17:51     Subject: How often do you check your rear view/side mirrors?
Constantly.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2023 17:07     Subject: How often do you check your rear view/side mirrors?
All the time, because I have an old car that doesn’t have the video screen or beeping alerts to tell me that a car is near mine.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2023 17:05     Subject: How often do you check your rear view/side mirrors?
There are so many people who say others "suddenly" tailgate them. This is impossible, if you're checking your mirrors as often as you should.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2023 17:04     Subject: How often do you check your rear view/side mirrors?
^^but also, the number of people who don’t adjust their side mirrors or know how to use them… scary.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2023 17:04     Subject: Re:How often do you check your rear view/side mirrors?
Anonymous wrote:My eyes are constantly darting to my mirrors. But I feel like most people don’t do this.


Same - I’m regularly scanning. Maybe every few seconds, if I had to put a metric in?
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2023 17:00     Subject: How often do you check your rear view/side mirrors?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Honestly curious, because I don't think many (most?) drivers check their rear/side view mirrors as often as they ought to.


How about you, Op?



Rear view, about every 2 Mississippis. Side not as often, but, but probably every 5-10 seconds.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2023 16:55     Subject: How often do you check your rear view/side mirrors?
Pretty often but probably not as much as I should. I do check my side mirrors, esp on the expressways. Some people drive pretty badly and aren’t very predictable so you shouldn’t assume awareness. You should check.

Anonymous
Post 04/18/2023 16:53     Subject: How often do you check your rear view/side mirrors?
Anonymous wrote:Honestly curious, because I don't think many (most?) drivers check their rear/side view mirrors as often as they ought to.


How about you, Op?

Anonymous
Post 04/18/2023 16:45     Subject: Re:How often do you check your rear view/side mirrors?
My eyes are constantly darting to my mirrors. But I feel like most people don’t do this.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2023 16:45     Subject: How often do you check your rear view/side mirrors?
What is "all the time" or "pretty regularly" in terms of seconds or Mississippis? Or for many of you... minutes?
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2023 16:42     Subject: Re:How often do you check your rear view/side mirrors?
All the time. Especially when I am stopping for pedestrians at crosswalks and stopping on yellow to red lights. Having been rear ended when I’ve been at a complete stop had made me a rear view mirror driver.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2023 16:42     Subject: How often do you check your rear view/side mirrors?
If you have good spatial awareness, you know where cars are all around you at all times. I only check my side mirrors when changing lanes.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2023 16:38     Subject: Re:How often do you check your rear view/side mirrors?
I check the back mirror pretty regularly. The side mirrors when I am planning on switching lanes, turning, or passing.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2023 16:35     Subject: How often do you check your rear view/side mirrors?
Honestly curious, because I don't think many (most?) drivers check their rear/side view mirrors as often as they ought to.