For ages I had a thing of turning the wrong way when reversing. For some reason I had it in my head everything is reversed when reversing. Now I just think steer in the direction you want the car to go and that helps a lot.
Omg! I've exactly the same way as you and so confusing 😳😳 now I will mark in my heart "steer in the direction you want the car to go" this would be aha! Moment. Thank you so much.
SAME! I’m learning to drive but whenever I’m instructed to reviser left or right I get confused. I’m going to tell myself “I need to go this direction” instead the next time I practice
@@nxctem I suck with being instructed which way to turn too, I told my instructor to stop telling me which direction to turn, I've had two instructors one for car driving test and one for PCV driving test so plenty of experience in dealing with being instructed whilst reversing which I hate.
Steer the way you want to go. That was literally all I needed. No more left / right brain twisting!! Recently moved to a house where I'll often have to reverse down a long drive so this was a brilliant.
Number 2 is my biggest when I'm reversing - I do that exact looking out the back window and getting confused all the time! I'm going to try thinking of just turning the wheel towards where I want to go next time I do a parallel park and see how it goes! When I learnt to drive, I did about 1 part lesson in a car park and maybe did 2/3 bay parks and a handful of parallel parks and that was nearly 10 years ago now, so I've never been the most confident reverser...
Beep... Beep... Beep... Beep... *gets pulled over* "Why are you reversing around the roundabout?" "My instructor said I'm better at reversing! D:" "Ahh ok, on your way then..." Beep... Beep... Beep... :)
I had a friend who was in the situation of reversing up a hill. 2 fat guys in the back,a small engine and a car way to big for that engine. Tried to go up on one of those steep hills where you can't see the top of it from the car. Went half way on that hill and then the car just refused to go because of all the weight in it. So the guy took a stupid decision since the road was empty. Turned the car with the back and reversed up the hill. 😂😂😂🤣 It worked but no doubt that it was stupid as f**k. If you have any fat frends just throw the out,get to the top and get them back in. Or make them loose weight😁
Keep it simple turn the wheel right to turn to the right and left to turn to the left, use your mirrors as guide when necessary. Ash you pretty much summed up every problem while reversing
Another thing I found - when I started learning to drive I had been playing videogames since a young age, and they train you to go in the opposite direction when reversing (e.g Grand Theft Auto). Even today I occasionally slip momentarily back into that habit.
Great video your point of not turning right or left is a great one as I used to get caught up in that a lot and got me a bit confused. But I think an interesting point you missed is I find its easy to forget what the front of your car is doing because when your reversing your focusing on the back. What I mean by this is you can be parked right next to the curb, reverse away from the curb but its easy to forget where your front wheels are going and they can easily mount the curb.
Steer in the direction you want to go is the best advice thanks 😊 I tend to think 'reverse' means I have to do everything in reverse . I'm too short to turn so I use mirrors and when in panic think I have to do it the opposite.
Thank you for your videos! The best explanation I’ve got so far and it helps a lot! Exactly what I need. I got told off by my instructor when I made mistakes during reversing. He just told me to left or right or straighten the wheel without explanation. Really appreciate your video! Having my test this Sunday I’ll binge watch your video to seek comfort and confidence 😂 thank you
This is so helpful! I have my test on Friday and still keep messing up with reversing and steering the wrong way! I’m going to keep this in mind. Thank you!
Hi I’ve just started my driving lesson I’ve had a very bad experience with the instructor reversing he told me it all wrong anyway I left that instructor I’m with a new one he great I still couldn’t reverse any way my partner show me your channel yesterday I went out with my new instructor and believe it or not I done it I couldn’t believe it I thank you so much
I found after my lessons with the instructor and passing the test, I very quickly started to change how I reversed. I think it might be because of looking around too much. I never had an issue with it mind you, just felt like I was doing unnecessary checks. Not much reason to check around 5 times in the maneuver when you know nobody is around you.
In my driving lessons I kept steering the wrong way, it was really frustrating because I knew what to do but my brain made me do the opposite. I got better but still did it occasionally right up to a couple of weeks before my test. I don't know what happened but suddenly something clicked. Passed my test 1st time, only a couple of minors. I frequently end up having to reverse down narrow country lanes and streets that are blocked. I come across so many drivers that aren't confident to reverse even if they only have to go a few metres.
An important point for general manoeuvring is when you are parallel to an obstruction and extremely close to it e.g. a kerb (or a parked car) but need to reverse you cannot get away from it by reversing. You need to initially do a forwards movement with what I call a shallow slalom with straight start and finish to achieve increased parallel width. This allows for front end "wing swing" Years ago to reverse into a side road on the left examiners had to stop you short of the side road so you could choose your width from kerb stopping position before reversing into the side road.
I'm going to be giving this a go on my next lesson as I am now doing my manoveres which has always daunted me 🙄😂 I'm fine driving around busy town centres dual carriageways you name it but reversing I'm like a mess I can keep the car controlled and slow while reversing just the actual bay parking ect really gets to me. Thankyou for your videos they make so much more sense 👍
I've driven counter balances and reach trucks for the last 19 odd years, yet only been driving a car for the last 4. Having that experience with forklifts prior to driving a car actually helped a lot when it came to reversing in my experience.
It's interesting how many people say use the side mirrors to reverse or turn your head, in my car I'm a big fan of turning around and looking out the back window, everything feels more natural that way, this however caused me problems when I got a job driving a massive van where it has no back window to look out of, then I have to rely on my side mirrors and even now I still find that confusing when for years before I've looked out the back window
During my test I saw that I was slightly over the line and then i just steered in the opposite direction to correct it and then straightened up. Should happen naturally will still practice what I've learnt when I get my car on Saturday till it becomes second nature.
On ships they don't talk about the "left side of the ship" and the "right side of the ship". They talk about the "port side" and the "starboard side". And that means that people do not get confused about what side of the ship they are being asked to work on. It seems like nautical thinking about a car, and thinking about the steering wheel like a ship's wheel, might help avoid that turning around and mixing up left and right thing.
I really love reversing , if there is a particularly difficult space to get into I will use this , I really just like reversing . So anywhere I park I reverse . Not always used to be this way but have been for.a long time now . Nice to see the points you made I didn’t or do not do , yay for me ☺️👍❤️
I actually never had any problem reversing. Not that I consider myself an excellent driver, because one can always learn and as soon as you think you are an excellent driver, you are - I think - starting to make mistakes. I have not problems reversing because I sailed. Not with a rudder but (I don't know how to call that in English) but with a stick-rudder. And there you steer the other way when you go forward. Then trained me in have a feeling for both ways of steering and never have the feeling that something is unnatural. The point you made with: I want to go that way, so I steer that way, is exactly how it works with me. I must say for me parking backwards in a bay is easier then forward.
Reversing is easy in a car after a bit of practice - if people think reversing a car is hard, try reversing an articulated lorry, or an "A-frame", drawbar trailer, common called "wagon & drag", or even just a transit van, then come back to a car, reversing will ne easy then
jizz why nobody said to me something that simple this ( dont think left or right ) was that helped me most , steer to the direction where youre looking
3 of the points i do mostly, i dont look at the floor but at the back of the car in conjunction to the line. i try not thinking left or right. and lastly i try not focusing on the wheel. but i do have a bad habit of not moving or barely moving and looking to the front allot
Thanks buddy I'll be altering my teaching techniques after watching this video! You really ought to start charging me...I'm even starting to sound like you in my lessons! If I develop a Scouse accent though I'll be gunning for you lol!
Having wider angled mirrors or those peripheral stick on mirrors helps immensely. I know a lot of cars these days have magnification for some reason. I don't understand it, all I need to know is if there is a car there, not to see if the driver of said car has brushed his teeth or not.
Too wide will distort the view though, that's why they're going with narrower mirrors. Also guessing distance will become a problem. Just turn your head, it's pretty easy I find, turns out you have muscles there.
I am 15 and for some reason I always blow people away when I go to reverse I went out with someone on a closed track type think and did a reverse parking into a bay and they said. "Well I don't really know what you can improve on. I've got to say that's the best I've seen from someone 'New' to driving." BTW I've been driving cars since I was about 7. I learnt to reverse trailers at about 8. I am a bit of a petrol head myself.
nope, you gotta angle your mirror down when you want to see the lines, and then when you're ready to drive forward you can readjust your mirrors so you can see the traffic behind you. If you have an automatic side mirror it makes things a lot easier :)
The only reason I got confused reversing was because my driving instructor always used to get her lefts and rights mixed up. Every time we'd approach a corner or we'd have to park up, she'd say "turn left at the end of the road" and I'd be like "are you sure?", point left and she'd realize her mistake. So whenever I'd park I'd always get confused because she'd be telling me which way to turn the steering wheel to go which direction and I'd do that and the car would somehow end up upside-down. I had some funny times with my driving instructor. We got along really well.
Reversing has never been a good skill of mine, and I've only learned decent reversing through years and years of aimless practice. I will definitely be trying out some of these tricks next time I back up.
My first time doing a reverse parking, I turned the wheel all the way to the left and then I was completely lost on where the wheel was pointing after backing up
Do you have any tips on how to reverse in a straight line? Should I be looking at the pavement in relation to my wheels or rear quarter panel to see if they're going straight?
I still wasn't very good at parallel parking after i passed it took me like a year to get better at it. I should have used reference points really but i did it by instict instead. Obviously keeping aware of what's around me i'm getting better now 😃 Sometimes i just eyeball a parallel park and end up a fist width from the kerb, it feels good especially when the space i'm choosing is short.
You're number 1 point about your mirror when I look in a car mirror I never just see a small part of it with the rest blurred, a car mirror to me is generally about 4inches by 3 inches and you should use all of it. some cars automatically tilt your nearside mirror to see the kerb better. But you should really try reversing an articulated lorry with a reversing camera, some of them are connected to your steering the same as in a car and because of that if the camera has active guidelines the guidelines will show you to go the opposite way to what you intend. the camera should be linked to the movement of the 5th wheel then the guidelines would be true.
In my car, my daily driver at least, it's so long (4.8m) and the rear window is so small, that I never turn around to reverse, mirrors all the way. When I learned to drive in 1998, my first car was an old Austin Metro and I used to reverse park it in my parents garage and used to practice this on my own on their driveway, by the time I took my test I could reverse just as well as I drive forward. I have very little tolerance for people who can't reverse and won't practice. I've actually come across drivers on narrow lanes, who stop, get out and swap seats with their partner because they cannot reverse a car themselves.
in that instance, with my car being so long... the same as yours but my car has a large ass plus a spoiler I'm unable to see over the back unless I'm either on top of the car behind me or even 4 ft away. Sure, I could adjust to experience but I find that using my mirrors on thee side gives me the idea of where my bumper corner is and how close it is to the other car behind me, i often reference to other vehicles b pillar and eye it in place, it is surprising how most times my car will fit perfectly because its symmetrical... however there's the odd fool that sometimes decides to intrude into spaces in front or behind them. and yes, i always GOAL after so that I can learn from the parking job
Probably a bmw 118d judging by the fact it dosn't have a slanting back and more of a hatchback look to it. And also it's a diesel because of the revs just guessing its a 118d by the sound of the car.
Haha people look at their wheel while driving at all? No shit they bump into shit when driving then. If I looked at anything but my mirrors when learning to reverse park the lorry (articulated and without trailer) I'd get a verbal smackdown from my instructor hahaha
For ages I had a thing of turning the wrong way when reversing. For some reason I had it in my head everything is reversed when reversing. Now I just think steer in the direction you want the car to go and that helps a lot.
Omg! I've exactly the same way as you and so confusing 😳😳 now I will mark in my heart "steer in the direction you want the car to go" this would be aha! Moment. Thank you so much.
Now try doing what issue I’ve had playing euro truck sim 2 trying to reverse a trailer
What other way would you think of it?
SAME! I’m learning to drive but whenever I’m instructed to reviser left or right I get confused. I’m going to tell myself “I need to go this direction” instead the next time I practice
@@nxctem I suck with being instructed which way to turn too, I told my instructor to stop telling me which direction to turn, I've had two instructors one for car driving test and one for PCV driving test so plenty of experience in dealing with being instructed whilst reversing which I hate.
I noticed a lot of "Try not to..." instead of "Don't" there :-> It's a great verbal trick.
Steer the way you want to go. That was literally all I needed. No more left / right brain twisting!! Recently moved to a house where I'll often have to reverse down a long drive so this was a brilliant.
Number 2 is my biggest when I'm reversing - I do that exact looking out the back window and getting confused all the time! I'm going to try thinking of just turning the wheel towards where I want to go next time I do a parallel park and see how it goes! When I learnt to drive, I did about 1 part lesson in a car park and maybe did 2/3 bay parks and a handful of parallel parks and that was nearly 10 years ago now, so I've never been the most confident reverser...
This is helpful. I’m a new driver and it’s so annoying getting confused when reversing. Especially coming out of a parking spot.
I was taught to put my hand at the top of the wheel and move it in the direction I wanted to reverse.
Theres a difference betweeen right and left and clockwise and counter clockwise , and if u shuffle steer you dont know which way your tires are facing
I don't get confused when reversing... Actually my old driving instructor often told me I was better at reversing than driving forward (true)
Beep... Beep... Beep... Beep... *gets pulled over*
"Why are you reversing around the roundabout?"
"My instructor said I'm better at reversing! D:"
"Ahh ok, on your way then..."
Beep... Beep... Beep... :)
@@Bea01 Funny... but how did you know ?
I had a friend who was in the situation of reversing up a hill. 2 fat guys in the back,a small engine and a car way to big for that engine. Tried to go up on one of those steep hills where you can't see the top of it from the car. Went half way on that hill and then the car just refused to go because of all the weight in it. So the guy took a stupid decision since the road was empty. Turned the car with the back and reversed up the hill. 😂😂😂🤣 It worked but no doubt that it was stupid as f**k. If you have any fat frends just throw the out,get to the top and get them back in. Or make them loose weight😁
Keep it simple turn the wheel right to turn to the right and left to turn to the left, use your mirrors as guide when necessary. Ash you pretty much summed up every problem while reversing
Another thing I found - when I started learning to drive I had been playing videogames since a young age, and they train you to go in the opposite direction when reversing (e.g Grand Theft Auto). Even today I occasionally slip momentarily back into that habit.
Great video your point of not turning right or left is a great one as I used to get caught up in that a lot and got me a bit confused. But I think an interesting point you missed is I find its easy to forget what the front of your car is doing because when your reversing your focusing on the back. What I mean by this is you can be parked right next to the curb, reverse away from the curb but its easy to forget where your front wheels are going and they can easily mount the curb.
Steer in the direction you want to go is the best advice thanks 😊 I tend to think 'reverse' means I have to do everything in reverse . I'm too short to turn so I use mirrors and when in panic think I have to do it the opposite.
Thank you for your videos! The best explanation I’ve got so far and it helps a lot! Exactly what I need. I got told off by my instructor when I made mistakes during reversing. He just told me to left or right or straighten the wheel without explanation. Really appreciate your video! Having my test this Sunday I’ll binge watch your video to seek comfort and confidence 😂 thank you
This is so helpful! I have my test on Friday and still keep messing up with reversing and steering the wrong way! I’m going to keep this in mind. Thank you!
Hi I’ve just started my driving lesson I’ve had a very bad experience with the instructor reversing he told me it all wrong anyway I left that instructor I’m with a new one he great I still couldn’t reverse any way my partner show me your channel yesterday I went out with my new instructor and believe it or not I done it I couldn’t believe it I thank you so much
I found after my lessons with the instructor and passing the test, I very quickly started to change how I reversed. I think it might be because of looking around too much. I never had an issue with it mind you, just felt like I was doing unnecessary checks. Not much reason to check around 5 times in the maneuver when you know nobody is around you.
I got my licence less than a month and parking is a nightmare I did not learn any of these things thanks for this video so helpful
In my driving lessons I kept steering the wrong way, it was really frustrating because I knew what to do but my brain made me do the opposite. I got better but still did it occasionally right up to a couple of weeks before my test. I don't know what happened but suddenly something clicked. Passed my test 1st time, only a couple of minors. I frequently end up having to reverse down narrow country lanes and streets that are blocked. I come across so many drivers that aren't confident to reverse even if they only have to go a few metres.
Happy to hear ur story, I failed my first test because of steering in the wrong direction when reversing 😣 and I hope I get it the next time
Left arm over passenger seat. Look out of back window, little corrections, wax on steering. It might not be driving school but it's defo Magnum PI
I found the 'reversing round a corner' THE most difficult thing - along with turning right (I'm a lefty).
I don't know why I started getting confused about steering while reversing 😅 It was fine before! Thank you for the video!
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An important point for general manoeuvring is when you are parallel to an obstruction and extremely close to it e.g. a kerb (or a parked car) but need to reverse you cannot get away from it by reversing. You need to initially do a forwards movement with what I call a shallow slalom with straight start and finish to achieve increased parallel width. This allows for front end "wing swing" Years ago to reverse into a side road on the left examiners had to stop you short of the side road so you could choose your width from kerb stopping position before reversing into the side road.
Sir I know you may not see this comment but you're the boss in this teaching 1:55mins in the video and I got it.Thank you so much
That camera angle, so profesional 😍
Your videos are amazing..!! I mastered how to reverse now... Thank you so much!
I'm going to be giving this a go on my next lesson as I am now doing my manoveres which has always daunted me 🙄😂 I'm fine driving around busy town centres dual carriageways you name it but reversing I'm like a mess I can keep the car controlled and slow while reversing just the actual bay parking ect really gets to me. Thankyou for your videos they make so much more sense 👍
I've driven counter balances and reach trucks for the last 19 odd years, yet only been driving a car for the last 4. Having that experience with forklifts prior to driving a car actually helped a lot when it came to reversing in my experience.
It's interesting how many people say use the side mirrors to reverse or turn your head, in my car I'm a big fan of turning around and looking out the back window, everything feels more natural that way, this however caused me problems when I got a job driving a massive van where it has no back window to look out of, then I have to rely on my side mirrors and even now I still find that confusing when for years before I've looked out the back window
During my test I saw that I was slightly over the line and then i just steered in the opposite direction to correct it and then straightened up. Should happen naturally will still practice what I've learnt when I get my car on Saturday till it becomes second nature.
On ships they don't talk about the "left side of the ship" and the "right side of the ship". They talk about the "port side" and the "starboard side". And that means that people do not get confused about what side of the ship they are being asked to work on. It seems like nautical thinking about a car, and thinking about the steering wheel like a ship's wheel, might help avoid that turning around and mixing up left and right thing.
I really love reversing , if there is a particularly difficult space to get into I will use this , I really just like reversing . So anywhere I park I reverse . Not always used to be this way but have been for.a long time now . Nice to see the points you made I didn’t or do not do , yay for me ☺️👍❤️
I thought I was good at reversing until yesterday 😂. Practice practice practice for me this week !
Excellent demonstrations. Thank you for the tutorial.
I actually never had any problem reversing. Not that I consider myself an excellent driver, because one can always learn and as soon as you think you are an excellent driver, you are - I think - starting to make mistakes. I have not problems reversing because I sailed. Not with a rudder but (I don't know how to call that in English) but with a stick-rudder. And there you steer the other way when you go forward. Then trained me in have a feeling for both ways of steering and never have the feeling that something is unnatural.
The point you made with: I want to go that way, so I steer that way, is exactly how it works with me. I must say for me parking backwards in a bay is easier then forward.
This is so helpful thank you for the tips ✅
Another great video Ashley, good tips to remember for my test next week 😎
Good luck. Let me know how you get on 👍
@@ashley_neal Will do, Thanks ☺
@@ashley_neal You never guess what Ashley? This old girl only went and passed her test 🎆🎉🎊🚗💨
Reversing is easy in a car after a bit of practice - if people think reversing a car is hard, try reversing an articulated lorry, or an "A-frame", drawbar trailer, common called "wagon & drag", or even just a transit van, then come back to a car, reversing will ne easy then
Excellent explanation and really helpful, thanks a lot...
jizz why nobody said to me something that simple this ( dont think left or right ) was that helped me most , steer to the direction where youre looking
3 of the points i do mostly, i dont look at the floor but at the back of the car in conjunction to the line. i try not thinking left or right. and lastly i try not focusing on the wheel. but i do have a bad habit of not moving or barely moving and looking to the front allot
Slightly longer draw bar on the trailer really helps.
Amazing video!!
Thank you!!
Omg! This is like the only vid that helps me.! I'm sh*t at straightening wheels when parking
Big thanks sir how easy was that I had a big doubt on it now clear that .🙏
I am glad my instructor was like you :)
Thanks buddy I'll be altering my teaching techniques after watching this video! You really ought to start charging me...I'm even starting to sound like you in my lessons! If I develop a Scouse accent though I'll be gunning for you lol!
That's not really a Scouse accent, someone has tried to civilise him.
Having wider angled mirrors or those peripheral stick on mirrors helps immensely. I know a lot of cars these days have magnification for some reason. I don't understand it, all I need to know is if there is a car there, not to see if the driver of said car has brushed his teeth or not.
Too wide will distort the view though, that's why they're going with narrower mirrors. Also guessing distance will become a problem. Just turn your head, it's pretty easy I find, turns out you have muscles there.
I am 15 and for some reason I always blow people away when I go to reverse I went out with someone on a closed track type think and did a reverse parking into a bay and they said. "Well I don't really know what you can improve on. I've got to say that's the best I've seen from someone 'New' to driving." BTW I've been driving cars since I was about 7. I learnt to reverse trailers at about 8. I am a bit of a petrol head myself.
I can’t see the lines unless I angle my mirrors down. In your car can you see the lines with your mirrors as normal??
nope, you gotta angle your mirror down when you want to see the lines, and then when you're ready to drive forward you can readjust your mirrors so you can see the traffic behind you. If you have an automatic side mirror it makes things a lot easier :)
Very helpful video thank you very much 💕
Try reversing a BMW Z4, the rear wheels are toe in. Ok going forward, goes all over with road camber going backwards.
Don't turn your head and look out the back window! Use the mirrors!
Very good and helpful, but I do get confused when you call the ground, the floor.
The only reason I got confused reversing was because my driving instructor always used to get her lefts and rights mixed up.
Every time we'd approach a corner or we'd have to park up, she'd say "turn left at the end of the road" and I'd be like "are you sure?", point left and she'd realize her mistake.
So whenever I'd park I'd always get confused because she'd be telling me which way to turn the steering wheel to go which direction and I'd do that and the car would somehow end up upside-down.
I had some funny times with my driving instructor. We got along really well.
Great genius video. Just amazing 👏👏👏
Reversing has never been a good skill of mine, and I've only learned decent reversing through years and years of aimless practice. I will definitely be trying out some of these tricks next time I back up.
Thanks for this!!
Rather than look out back window I only use centre mirror to check nothing has moved behind ( pedestrian ).
My first time doing a reverse parking, I turned the wheel all the way to the left and then I was completely lost on where the wheel was pointing after backing up
Thank you very much, that was very helpful.
Do you have any tips on how to reverse in a straight line? Should I be looking at the pavement in relation to my wheels or rear quarter panel to see if they're going straight?
I have my driver license but i suck at parking😅 i hope this is gonns help me with that
I still wasn't very good at parallel parking after i passed it took me like a year to get better at it. I should have used reference points really but i did it by instict instead. Obviously keeping aware of what's around me i'm getting better now 😃 Sometimes i just eyeball a parallel park and end up a fist width from the kerb, it feels good especially when the space i'm choosing is short.
Thank you for this great video. I watched this video.
Thank for this video it really helped.
You're number 1 point about your mirror when I look in a car mirror I never just see a small part of it with the rest blurred, a car mirror to me is generally about 4inches by 3 inches and you should use all of it. some cars automatically tilt your nearside mirror to see the kerb better. But you should really try reversing an articulated lorry with a reversing camera, some of them are connected to your steering the same as in a car and because of that if the camera has active guidelines the guidelines will show you to go the opposite way to what you intend. the camera should be linked to the movement of the 5th wheel then the guidelines would be true.
Great video
Very good tips thanks a lot
What annoys me when reversing is demarcation paint worn off that can't be seen especially in wet and dark conditions.
My car is rubbish for reversing, stupid rear wheel toe in makes the car drift when reversing.
Thanks 🌹
Thank you.
I had to reverse trucks with mirrors only
If you don’t look at lines when reversing in to bay, how do you know if you are in between the lines ?
You look at the space between your vehicle and the lines
Gorgeous intro 👌
Ever since I past my test i just go forward into bays haha much easier
Well, you need to go out of the bay one time or another.
@@RuneVenes yeah I drive out backwards but don't drive into it backwards haha
@@xxWilky imo driving out backwards is way scarier and harder and more dangerous than reversing into bays
@@dw2843 I've now learned to do both and I do agree with you. Either method works for me
D W definitely, much easier to reverse into a bay and drive back out than having to reverse out into oncoming cars.
Yeah I built a habit that when reversing everything is backwards..... I built it from video games 😂😂 But you just gotta do what he said!
What if there are no lines?
Charlene D you can still see which way the car is moving 👍
Better get good with spatial awareness. If you dont have it, please toss your drivers license. No one but me might thank you, but they'll be glad.
I'm too short to turn and look out the window
Personally I don't get at all confused reversing even when I tow.
In my car, my daily driver at least, it's so long (4.8m) and the rear window is so small, that I never turn around to reverse, mirrors all the way.
When I learned to drive in 1998, my first car was an old Austin Metro and I used to reverse park it in my parents garage and used to practice this on my own on their driveway, by the time I took my test I could reverse just as well as I drive forward. I have very little tolerance for people who can't reverse and won't practice.
I've actually come across drivers on narrow lanes, who stop, get out and swap seats with their partner because they cannot reverse a car themselves.
in that instance, with my car being so long... the same as yours but my car has a large ass plus a spoiler I'm unable to see over the back unless I'm either on top of the car behind me or even 4 ft away.
Sure, I could adjust to experience but I find that using my mirrors on thee side gives me the idea of where my bumper corner is and how close it is to the other car behind me, i often reference to other vehicles b pillar and eye it in place, it is surprising how most times my car will fit perfectly because its symmetrical... however there's the odd fool that sometimes decides to intrude into spaces in front or behind them.
and yes, i always GOAL after so that I can learn from the parking job
how does looking at your steering wheel help? Scratches my head
anyone know what car he's in?
Probably the only BMW that indicates.
1 Series Ellis 👍
@@stonestreaker and the only one with a guy who has a brain actually using said brain to drive it :)
Probably a bmw 118d judging by the fact it dosn't have a slanting back and more of a hatchback look to it. And also it's a diesel because of the revs just guessing its a 118d by the sound of the car.
Is looking in the mirror the same as looking behind you?
I can’t get the penny to drop with reversing 😂
"Hey every one 😐"
Fck im still confused
Haha people look at their wheel while driving at all? No shit they bump into shit when driving then. If I looked at anything but my mirrors when learning to reverse park the lorry (articulated and without trailer) I'd get a verbal smackdown from my instructor hahaha
I do them all lol
Yet another upload of you flying through red lights Ashley, disgraceful