Near Hulst you are driving 90 km/h on a single-carriageway road behind a van doing 70 km/h. You want to overtake and have just checked your interior mirror and left door mirror: nothing to see. What do you do just before you steer out?
First move up close behind the van to pass quickly
Look over my left shoulder into the blind spot
Steer out straight away, both mirrors were empty
Explanation
False — you think following distance does not matter when overtaking. Keep enough distance right before overtaking (the 2-second rule), so the vehicle ahead sees you and you keep an overview (Book p.145).