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I think that perhaps the 'look in the mirror every few seconds' thing is sort of a way to drill the idea of having a natural spatial awareness around you into your head, which is good - if you aren't checking your mirrors often when you're first learning to drive then you just have a huge blind spot around you that you haven't learned to accommodate for yet, and therefore you really need to learn how to compensate for that blind spot by drilling it until it becomes second nature. But I think you should not need to do this after your first few months of driving and I feel like people continue to hold onto this 'check the mirror every few seconds' mantra despite the fact that I believe it should only be necessary when you're first training.