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How To Drive A Car In Reverse Gear 5 Steps (with Pictures) by AutosBay(m): 9:45pm On Feb 21, 2016
1) Stop your car, turn on the hazard lights and shift into reverse. This is the first step and the most logical one. For manuals putting into reverse is not much different from putting the car into first: let the car come to a complete stop, press the clutch and the brakes, move your shift into R (for Reverse) and start. Some cars may need you to press a trigger on the stick so you can swipe it in reverse, some others will require to push the whole stick down to shift while some will simply let you push it into reverse without any triggering action. Automatics are somewhat different: of course there is no clutch for you to press, but according to your car configuration you may have to press the brake or press buttons on sticks; what's common to all automatic shifts is that you have to put the lever on R (reverse).

Re: How To Drive A Car In Reverse Gear 5 Steps (with Pictures) by AutosBay(m): 9:46pm On Feb 21, 2016
2) Adjust your mirrors. Adjusting your mirrors will let you have better control on your car's exterior. Some people don't touch them at all while others like to lower the passenger side mirror so it covers the last wheel. It all comes down to personal preference and experience. With time you'll learn your car dimensions and need to adjust the mirrors no longer.

Re: How To Drive A Car In Reverse Gear 5 Steps (with Pictures) by AutosBay(m): 9:47pm On Feb 21, 2016
3) Turn around, or don't. This is the big dilemma when driving in reverse: should you look in mirrors only or should you turn around so to look through the last window? Turning around is how they teach you in driving school but is it really that necessary? While looking through the last window will usually give you a better feel about real distances, it leaves your driver's side uncovered which means that you'll have to constantly turn back to see how you're doing on that side. Besides, some cars may not have a back window or the back window may be too small to see through. On the other hand, driving with mirrors requires a better knowledge of your car's dimension and overall location on the road. If you're driving an American car (or driving a car in America, or one produced mainly for that market) you've probably noticed the 'Objects in mirror are closer than they appear' warning. This may be a problem since it may give a false impression of space, especially if you add the fact that the objects in the internal mirror are usually bigger than they appear. This is easily fixed however, you just need to lower the mirrors to have a better sight of the back wheels and back bumper. They are a good reference point and you can trust them as they appear closer than they are as well, so they're calibrated to match the surroundings.

Re: How To Drive A Car In Reverse Gear 5 Steps (with Pictures) by AutosBay(m): 9:49pm On Feb 21, 2016
4) Drive slowly. The reverse gear is usually the strongest one on your car; this means it'll also give you the strongest kick and will start way faster than your first gear. Having that in mind, you should dose your power reasonably.

Re: How To Drive A Car In Reverse Gear 5 Steps (with Pictures) by AutosBay(m): 9:51pm On Feb 21, 2016
5) 'Right is left and left is right'. While many people say this when mentioning driving in reverse, it is true only if you picture your car turning the front all the time. Going in reverse and turning the wheel to left will make your car go left, because you want your back to go left. In response to your back going left, your front will go right, but that's only because the steering turns the front wheels, you're still going left, aren't you?

Source: http://m.wikihow.com/Drive-a-Car-in-Reverse-Gear

Re: How To Drive A Car In Reverse Gear 5 Steps (with Pictures) by Kashif(m): 7:42am On Feb 22, 2016
AutosBay:
4) Drive slowly. The reverse gear is usually the strongest one on your car; this means it'll also give you the strongest kick and will start way faster than your first gear. Having that in mind, you should dose your power reasonably.

Incorrect.
Re: How To Drive A Car In Reverse Gear 5 Steps (with Pictures) by diportivo: 7:48am On Feb 22, 2016
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Turn on ur harzard lights??

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Re: How To Drive A Car In Reverse Gear 5 Steps (with Pictures) by leuelliot(m): 8:31am On Feb 22, 2016
Step 1 start your engine

Step 2 Put d car in reverse

Step 3 Have somebody stand at the rear end shouting "De Come De come"

Step 4 Only turn your steering when you hear "CUT NOW"

Step 5 No enter Gutter

PS just for laughs

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Re: How To Drive A Car In Reverse Gear 5 Steps (with Pictures) by Nijagobeta: 7:36pm On Feb 23, 2016
diportivo:
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Turn on ur harzard lights??

undecided

Yes before you revers, you must turn on your hazzard light/double pointer .

This was a question prepared by vio during driver license test
Re: How To Drive A Car In Reverse Gear 5 Steps (with Pictures) by diportivo: 9:51pm On Feb 23, 2016
Nijagobeta:


Yes before you revers, you must turn on your hazzard light/double pointer .

This was a question prepared by vio during driver license test

Okay sir

When u wanna reverse out of ur compd,rem ur harzard light
Re: How To Drive A Car In Reverse Gear 5 Steps (with Pictures) by lonelydora: 2:50am On Feb 24, 2016
Kashif:


Incorrect.
Correct
Re: How To Drive A Car In Reverse Gear 5 Steps (with Pictures) by Gbotun(m): 5:59pm On Feb 24, 2016
Kashif:

Incorrect.
Incorrect bawo?

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