One of the first and most important things that they teach you when learning to drive is to always check your blind spot. As new drivers, we must learn that your blind spots are areas around your car that you cannot see when looking in your mirror. It is so subtle that some drivers may forget that they even exist. This can lead to a lot of car accidents.
While driving, you should always check your blind spots before reversing, changing lanes and parallel parking. After a while, it becomes an automatic habit. This helps you drive as safe as possible. Living in Southern California, you GOTTA check your blind spots all the time. Especially on the highway. There’s a lot of traffic here, and people also aren’t the best drivers here, in my Midwesterner-safe-driver opinion.
Just today I saw two cars on the highway almost crash into each other. They both were trying to switch into the same lane at the same time. That’s easy to do here because there are so many cars on the highway. The best way to avoid that is to check your blind spot before switching lanes, then check again for safe measures. If you’ve ever rode with someone who doesn’t check their blind spots, you know how scary that can be. You probably also start to get a good understanding of that driver’s personality.
Checking your blind spot also applies to life. There will often be things in our blind spots that can hinder us in our journey of life. This could be things such as haters, fake friends, bad habits, character flaws, vices, anything. Sometimes it might look as if we are on the right path, but we haven’t checked our blindspots yet before making the next move. That’s when accidents happen. One small thing in your “blind spot” in your life can lead to destruction. Most problems in our lives could have been avoided if we took the proper procedures when making decisions. The same way most car accidents can be avoided if we follow the laws of driving.
We can also be the person that is someone else’s blind spot, so we must be conscious of that. We can help check blind spots for others as well. Sometimes you gotta be a back seat driver.
Stay in your lane, check your blind spots, and you will get to your destination successfully. Rather that’s driving, or in life.
FLY, BLACK BOY 