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Reverse around corner

  • 26-08-2010 8:12pm
    #1
    Elli-May
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭


    I keep hitting the kerb when I do my reverse around the corner. When are you supposed to start turning the wheel and by how much?


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  • #2
    MascotDec85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,924 ✭✭✭MascotDec85


    Aim: Good clutch control with slow speed & slow steering
    • Clutch down & select reverse gear
    • Find the biting point
    • 360 deg. observation from right to left (lift your bum off the seat slightly when looking out the back window - looking for kids)
    • If safe, release handbrake, move back slowly
    • STOP when kerb moves into the left corner of your left mirror = Point of Turn
    • 360 deg. observation again with an additional look into the new road
    • Move back slowly, turning the wheel slowly
    • Keep kerb in the corner of your left mirror
    • Halfway around the corner STOP. Again 360 deg. observation with an additional look to the right
    • Start moving back, straightening the wheel as you go
    • Keep reversing until asked to stop.

    You only have to turn your steering wheel a little at a time. Try and keep the kerb in roughy the same spot in your mirror.

    Have a look on www.drivingtesttips.ie for a video


  • #3
    dazftw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭dazftw


    So you don't have to do it in one motion? Like in the test?

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  • #4
    beading
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    • STOP when kerb moves into the left corner of your left mirror = Point of Turn

    I'm interesting..... Should I change mirror position before reversing around corner? (pointing mirror down, to see more ground; kerb...)?


  • #5
    threein99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,596 ✭✭✭threein99


    beading wrote: »
    • STOP when kerb moves into the left corner of your left mirror = Point of Turn

    I'm interesting..... Should I change mirror position before reversing around corner? (pointing mirror down, to see more ground; kerb...)?

    My instructor told me you can adjust your mirror down to show more of the kerb before you do your reverse around the corner, he just said dont forget to adjust it back before you move off again.


  • #6
    Permabear
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  • #7
    MascotDec85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,924 ✭✭✭MascotDec85


    dazftw wrote: »
    So you don't have to do it in one motion? Like in the test?

    No, it doesn't have to be done in one motion
    beading wrote: »
    • STOP when kerb moves into the left corner of your left mirror = Point of Turn

    I'm interesting..... Should I change mirror position before reversing around corner? (pointing mirror down, to see more ground; kerb...)?

    Yes, you can adjust your mirror if it helps you. Just remember to re-adjust it before you move off, after you have finished.


    Also, if you feel, during the reverse that you are moving too far away from the kerb don't be afraid to stop and move forward to correct your mistake. Just insure that you carry out all the required observations


  • #8
    dazftw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭dazftw


    That's crazy.. So its more of a test on observation than actual driving skill!? Obviously you can't hit the kerb, but if you can stop and move forward at will its pretty much impossible to fail.

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  • #9
    MascotDec85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,924 ✭✭✭MascotDec85


    dazftw wrote: »
    That's crazy.. So its more of a test on observation than actual driving skill!? Obviously you can't hit the kerb, but if you can stop and move forward at will its pretty much impossible to fail.

    No

    If you do that too much you'll get done on competently


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