In this video we are going to look at how you can tell if the other traffic is slowing down for you when you're trying to change lane. And I will give you some reference points. So I'm going to show you what exactly I look for in the mirrors when I try to change lane. And you can use some same reference points and they will definitely help you out when you're changing lanes. So in this situation here we are trying to change lane to the left side. I already have my left signal on. Now if you look in the left mirror we see this car here. Now we have to figure out if that car is slowing down for us or not because we already have left signal on. So he's see our signal. Now he's either going to slow down, he's going to speed up or he's going to do nothing. Maybe he's driving at the same speed. And that's something we have to observe from the mirrors. So in this situation now the car is getting bigger and bigger as you can see if we look at it again. So at this point we see both tires. We see the whole front of the car including the tires on the road. But now the car is getting bigger and bigger it's growing so that means he's not slowing down for me. So it's not at this point he's pretty much beside me and we see him in this circular mirror as well. So this mirror is called blind spot mirror. So you might want to check out my other video about the blind spot mirrors if you haven't gone through that video yet. So right now he's already in my blind spot, pretty much beside me in my blind spot as you can see here. So this guy did not slow down for me. So I just want to wait, let him pass. And after that as you can see signal was on and then I do shorter check again to make sure on this. So let's look at another example. So same thing here we want to change lane to the left side. Now in the left mirror you can see there is a silver car coming. At this point the car is too far from me. I can change lane without any problem because he's from my experience I can tell he's too far from me. And at the same point if you look in this circular mirror here there's no other car in my blind spot. But we just kind of wait for this car because I want to bring up a point here as you can now you can see the car is same thing here. You know what we already covered in the previous example now the car is getting bigger and bigger. So he's driving faster than me. So now he's pretty much in my blind spot here because now he we don't see that car in this mirror anymore. But we see him in the circular mirror. So that means he's in my blind spot and that's why guys it's important to do shorter check before you change lane. If you're only looking in your mirror here then you're taking a risk. Because this mirror it's not going to show you if there's anything in your blind spot like another car, motorcycle, cyclist. Always always do shorter check. So he he's in my blind spot now so I'm just going to let him you know pass. So that's what you're looking for. So that's what you're looking for when you're changing lanes okay if the car is you'll put the signal on and then you observe everything from your mirror. And if the car is growing that means you're speeding up so you just want to let them pass and if the car is staying same size. That means they are maintaining speed and if the car is getting smaller and smaller that means they are slowing down and then you do shorter check again to make sure your blind spot is clear and then you move over. To the left lane if you're changing lane to the left side then you move over to the left side. It's same same idea on the right side as well same exactly same thing on the right side.