While driving a bus, what should you see in properly-adjusted external mirrors ("rear-view mirrors")?
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Correct answer
B. The area behind the car and the sides of the car.
Explanation
The question is about what a bus driver should see in properly adjusted exterior mirrors. In them you see the area behind the vehicle and the sides of the vehicle - answer B.
The Road Traffic Act requires a vehicle to give the driver a sufficient field of view, and the exterior mirrors are part of it. A properly adjusted side mirror shows the side of your bus in a narrow strip - so you know where the vehicle ends - and with the rest of its surface the area behind the bus and the next lane. The sides of the vehicle alone (answer A) tell you nothing about what is happening behind you, and the next lane alone (answer C) takes away your point of reference. Many buses also have wide-angle mirrors, kerb mirrors and front mirrors that show the blind spots along the side, near the wheels and just in front of the cab. You adjust the mirrors before driving, already sitting in the driving position.
Legal basis: Art. 66 para. 1 point 5 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 11 para. 1 point 5a of the Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure on the technical conditions of vehicles and the scope of their necessary equipment