Which statement below best reflects safe behavior regarding blind spots?

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Being in a driver’s blind spot means they can’t see you in their mirrors, so your safety relies on making yourself visible or avoiding staying where you can disappear from view. The safest approach is to adjust your own speed or position so you’re clear of that other vehicle’s blind spots.

Choosing to speed up to pass or drop back to become visible directly addresses visibility. If you’re in the trailing driver’s blind spot, speeding up helps you move out of that space, while dropping back can shorten the time you spend in it by letting the other driver see you sooner when they check their mirrors. Either way, the goal is to ensure you’re not parked in a place where the other driver might change lanes or brake without realizing you’re there.

Staying in your lane and hoping they notice you relies on luck and ignores how blind spots work. Maintaining distance and riding the brake is not appropriate behavior for addressing visibility and can create unsafe braking or confusion for following traffic. Signaling and then switching lanes immediately can put you into another driver’s blind spot or surprise them; lane changes should be deliberate, well-planned, and made when you’re clearly visible and it’s safe to do so.