An Indian taxi driver, Harpreet Dev, is defying odds in his
hometown of Bhatinda, Punjab with his amazing driving
skills. The 30-year-old has been driving his cab in reverse
mode for the past 11 years. He is so used to the act now that
he cannot get himself to drive forward anymore! Harpreet
even has a special government license that allows him to
drive backwards in any state in the Northern part of India.
The 30-year-old’s passion for reverse driving started in
2003, when his faithful Fiat Padmini got stuck in reverse gear
late one night.
“I was outside the city, I had no money, so I thought of driving
the car backwards until I reached Bhatinda,” he said. “Then I
drove backwards a few times and started to gain confidence.”
That’s when he realised that he was really on to something,
so the next morning he painted the words ‘Back Gear
Champion’ on the side of the car and redesigned its gearbox
to have four reverse gears and only one forward.
After years of practice, Harpreet, according to Reddit, can
now comfortably drive backwards at speeds of up to 50 miles
per hour. An ambulance siren attached to the top of the car
warns unsuspecting drivers and pedestrians about his
peculiar driving.
“I take all the care I can to protect the other drivers on the
road,” he declared proudly. “I always wanted to do something
different, something unique,” he added. “In simpler terms I
reversed the complete gear mechanism of the car so that I get
maximum speeds while driving backwards.”
In 2005, Dev drove backwards all the way from Rajasthan,
India, to Lahore, in Pakistan, to promote peace between the
two countries.
Harpreet’s bizarre driving habit won him fame in his home
town, but has had some negative effects as well – he now
suffers from severe back and neck problems. “I do have pains
in the neck – frequent pains in the neck – and I have had
severe vomiting in the past,” he admitted. “I have got a
severe backbone problem from driving so fast in reverse,
because my whole body gets contorted.”
But Harpreet believes that it has all been worth the while.
“Achieving something special is never easy,” he explained. “It
is not giving in that counts. I will never stop doing this. It is a
part of me now.”

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Make he come drive backward on our naija highway to grave roads nah and let see his skills at work.