You can never be too careful. So yes, turn and look.

 

I do not shoulder check. The mirrors work well. Once you get used to them it is very nice. I think sometime driving in traffic it is more dangerous to shoulder check anyway. IMHO

 

I dont shoulder check.. have the lower mirrors were I don't need to look. I trust my view with how it's set up.

But since your still getting used to it I would still shoulder check.

 

I always use the mirrors and never look over my shoulder. It drives one of my friends nuts. He doesn’t understand how I can do it, and I don’t understand why he can’t. If you have them adjusted properly, you don’t need to look over your shoulder. However, if you are not sure it won’t hurt to look.

 

I do not turn, I have my lower mirrors set so that if I am looking at them I can see anything beside me and if the other car is more towards the front of the truck, just looking at the mirrors would be enough to see them with the naked eye.

 

Almost all vehicles have a blind spot on either side of it. Some smaller than others. In the Titan's case, especially the CC, yes, there is a blindspot and I would definitely do a shoulder check or at least move your head forward and or back while looking in your mirrors before a lane change.

In no way does the tow mirrors guarentee that you can see everything on your right or left side. They are simply there for their specific use, which is to help when you are towing something. All they do is to help you see down the stretch of your loaded trailer or whatever your pulling. That makes lane changes easier when your towing and decreases your blindspot. It does not eliminate it!

 

I have a KC model and with my lower mirrors I have no blind spot and therefore I have no need to shoulder check. When I first got the Titan, I was shoulder checking but I found that using the mirrors was safer than shoulder checking. Set your lower mirrors correctly and you won't have any problems

 

Main reason for getting BigTow mirror was the big blind spot. No shoulder check on passenger side. Too slow and can't really see most short sedans thus dangerous for me. Shoulder check on driver side only.

 

yeah pretty much 50% of the time i shoulder check both sides. i love the big tow mirrors.. only wish the lower mirror went further out.

 

No shoulder check here... with the mirrors set correctly there shouldn't be a blindspot... One thing I remember when setting the lower mirror is to have it pitched in far enough so you aren't picking up things one lane over from the one you're merging into on the freeway... that messed with me for a bit.... I'd think there was someone in the lane I was merging into but they were actually one over. Those lower mirrors will swivel out much further than practical and be somewhat 'distracting' - like I said, it's mostly when merging onto a busy freeway.

 

That big huge B pillar makes it hard to shoulder check. I feel sorry for you guys who don't have the BT mirrors. I don't check either.

 

you get used to it. i drive with the smaller mirrors. i have them pushed all the way out. I do check my drivers side just to make sure there isn't a motorcyle or geo metro hiding behind my left ear. The right is super clear with the little mirrors.
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I check every now and then, but I also just recently purchased this beast and it takes some getting use to. I dont do it that much now, I have the mirrors pretty much set, just have to trust them now!

 

As a motorcycle rider, I check so I don't kill some guy out enjoying himself on a ride.

Clint

 

The wide angle Big Tow mirrors keep me from having to shoulder check. There are absolutely no blind spots. I've had to do several emergency, accident avoidance, lane changes where I didn't have time to shoulder check. I was sure happy to have these mirrors in situations like that.

 

i shoulder check every now and then. I trust my BT mirrors, as everyone has said, they eliminate the blind spots when adjusted correctly. As I stated, i do a shoulder check every now and then to keep the habit. My wife's car (3-series) doesn't have blind spots mirrors, so it's a habit i want to hang onto

 

Shoulder check at night sometimes. When I first got the truck I tried and was all disoriented because it was so different then the SUV I used to drive, I adjusted the little convex mirror so I have a very small blind spot (if any). Which goes away if I move my head over a little while checking the mirror.

 

I admit I'm lazy and totally depend on my mirrors........
IMO if you are used to mirriors and have them set up correctly, there isn't anything that shoulder checking would tell me that my mirrors won't.........

 

As a motorcycle rider, I check so I don't kill some guy out enjoying himself on a ride.

Clint

Funny this topic came up today. I was headed back home yesterday AM after work and I don't usually do an over the shoulder check. I was changing lanes to pass and looked in the drivers side mirror as usual, didn't see anything and started to get in the left lane when I heard same pretty loud pipes beside me....bike had snuck up beside me and I didn't see him the mirror. I'll start doing an over-the-shoulder check more often now. Those pipes of his saved him from possible catastrophe.

 

While my mirrors are angled where I don't have to shoulder check, I do anyway to be consistant. I caught myself a few times not checking when driving other cars and had a couple of close calls, so shoulder checking remains part of my driving habits in any vehicle- including the Titan.

 

I usually just look in my big tow mirrors I can see everything in the big tow mirrors and I always watch my rearview so I know how is coming or going beside me, the only time I shoulder check is on the interstate where you have more then two lanes traffic just in case their is a car two lanes over trying to get into the same lane I am.

 

I have a KC with BT mirrors, but I also have a Leer shell on the bed. Because the windows are so dark, it is no use to try to look over my shoulder at the passenger side, so I rely solely on the mirrors. There is one spot that can be a blind spot in the mirrors when it is nighttime. Someone can be almost alongside you, and it is difficult to see their headlights. I check the mirror for a bit longer before changing lanes, and then I accelerate a bit just in case there is someone in that spot.
I drove my truck for almost 2 years before I got surprised by someone in that blind spot, but now I am more cautious when it is dark.

 

I admit I'm lazy and totally depend on my mirrors........
IMO if you are used to mirriors and have them set up correctly, there isn't anything that shoulder checking would tell me that my mirrors won't.........

Same here, learned from driving a large box truck and that was the only option. Also, when I look over my shoulder the truck usually starts moving to on side of my lane.

 

Love the big tow mirrors. Only do a few shoulder checks when around the little cars just make sure I'm not running over them. In general though I trust where I have my tow mirros set up.

 

Took some getting use to but now I couldn't see myself driving without the BT mirrors.