Use of review mirror while corner reverse

Rainislove

Hi,

My instructor told me to look beneath more oftem istead of using the rear view mirror while corner reversing. I found rear view mirrors are more comfortable expecially while reversing upwards over a hill. Is that correct to check beneath by rotating the neck instead of the rear view mirror

lawred2

Presume you mean rear view mirror?

And yes, it is not sufficient at all for reversing. It's a very narrow range of vision.

Rainislove

lawred2 wrote: »

Presume you mean rear view mirror?

And yes, it is not sufficient at all for reversing. It's a very narrow range of vision.

Thanks... Corrected

BeardySi

You need to be looking in the direction you're driving the car. You can see a lot more that way than you can in the rear view mirror.

Dravokivich

You also need to be looking around you.

Urindanger

You have to keep your head moving for pretty much the entire manoeuvre. Only way to guarantee a safe manoeuvre as well as making sure you don't lose simple marks for observation. Tbh I never really use the rear view mirror when doing the reverse around the corner.

For me it's easier and safer to give glances out the back window and look out the left back window, using the left wing mirror to judge the kerb distance and looking over your right shoulder for anything coming against you from the front/check blind spots. It'll take practice but you'll ideally find a way to alternate between them all pretty quickly to ensure you've all areas covered. I found it so much easier going extra slow as well doing the move. As long as the car is moving and it's not labouring you'll be fine.

Timmybauld

Got done for this in my last driving test. Never had a problem with it in the previous ones and was always told I executed it fine. Seems to be a new obsession with testers. The emphasis on how close you are to the curb, like some weird video game or Olympic curling sport leads you to over focus on the curb through the mirror, so its one to watch.