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  • Very useful.

  • Thanks for the video very helpful .I got some point . I hope it work for me case I'm having trouble with streeing when doing this manouevre.A simple question how much should I steer(to the left & right) when I'm going reverse it is a little bit confusing ?

  • Just because there is a crossroad doesn't mean you give it a dislike. He said sorry in the video and he isn't some professional isn't he? Atleast he told us and great vid btw!

  • Best video i have seen so far regarding reversing round corners!

  • Brilliant. Thankyou so much!!

  • curb lol kerb

  • Or just look for a decent driveway and ACTUALLY safely turn your car around .. what the F**K, if i ever see a car reversing on a crossroad i'd start panicking :s

  • Curb*

  • V.helpful for test revision in the uk ..

    Thank you

  • When the hell would you ever do this...?

  • @1CLight Excactly i have no clue

  • THANKS ALL! :)

  • nice tutorial, got my test in a few hours... so nervous

  • But all that aside, it's a good attempt at explaining the manouevre. Good for a pupil brushing up prior to a Test, not so good for beginners, as it assumes that pupils understand the 'reference point' and 'effective observations'. Explaining how to identify the 'point of turn' and perhaps emphasising the importance of the 'Blind Spot' check would improve it. But then it depends on the level of pupil this is aimed at....

  • As has been pointed out already, this is a manoeuvre that does not represent real world driving. Because if you wanted to turn the car around, you would only reverse far enough into the side road so that you have enough room to turn right, back in the opposite direction. Why would you ever need to reverse 4 car lengths? Anal. A bit like not bringing the car to a COMPLETE stop at a STOP sign, even though you can see it is safe to proceed! If it's safe, what's the problem?

  • Could you please upload a mirrored version of the video?

  • I heard you will not be asked to use a crossroad like in your picture, so why do you not make reference to observing into the opposing road (not grade 6 then are you?). If I use my door mirror, am I still making effective observation; and in order for observation to be 'effective' how do I respond to what I see?

  • Even though if you pass your written test make sure you have a second look at it once again. I remember, I made a huge mistake of not moving to the right for slower moving vehicles, just because i didn't remember.

    there are few free Canadian websites to practice driving test try icandrive.ca

  • grade 6 material good voice over

  • why the hell would any1 ever need to learn this? and why so ridicously detailed, im 17 and learning how to drive, ive never taken any driving lessons hours, have been driving for a year only with my dad and i allready know how to drive and all the rules

  • iv got my test tomorrow this is what i failed on the first time i hit the curb i was way to nervous im my examiner was a bitch lmao hopefully i pass tomoz

  • ive got my test tomorrW AM shittin my pants

  • @hotnslick90 Same, fml. Good luck with yours.

  • @SimplyG93 I FAILED:-( HPE U PAAsed urs xx

  • thenoblequran(Ctrl+Enter)

  • What is the point of this manoeuvre? It's like the most dangerous thing one could ever do on the road o.o it's much easier and safer to do a 3 point turn like the rest of the world does.

    When I knew I had to do this thing in my UK driving test I was sincerely very shocked. English people pay attention to safety on the road by making you look at your mirrors every 2 seconds and then they ask you to do this... it has no sense.

  • lol...he said "reverse back" @ 1:36 :p

  • This is an odd manoeuvre . I think this would be technically illegal in Canada. Also, you're teaching them to drive on the wrong side of the road!

  • youare confusing us

  • this maneuver is gay. no1 use this -.-. i had to do this for the test and the douchbag failed me on it cause i didnt or somthing. and i looked like everywhere

  • second driving test tomorrow in the snow. GREAT.

  • @MaddieLouxx did you pass? mine in 1 hour

  • kerb ?

  • veja o mestre do parking space.

    see the master of parking space.

    /watch?v=C10a3_gmyH0

  • If your parallel parking you reverse with your indicator on. Must you use it in this case?

  • Keep the clutch around the biting point, and wear it out in double quick time, yay!

    On another note why do a LOT of people do 3 point turns these days for pretty much anything? Why not just drive around the block and dont hold everyone up.

  • POM? Pahaha never heard that in my life.

  • @JoannaLT  Are you learning to drive? If not then you might not of. If you are, then your driving teacher needs to be changed :D

  • @Dragan572

    I was yes. Haha, i've passed though now.

  • This is quite ideal for students who are taking there lessons to watch sample videos revising the skills given from there instuctors, and slowly learning bit by bit from each lesson remembering the basics to then proceed on the next step. I have also just done my third driving lesson today and felt it has gone well so far but may need more practise before I go to do my theory. I find it easier for me to continue revising and watching the videos to be prepared for each lesson for any questons.

  • You spelled Manoeuvre wrong.

  • This video is helpful

    

  • woops wrong country

  • Reversing the wrong way, driving on the wrong side of the road at a four lane intersection? Surely this is some kind of joke?

  • @nigelwindsor

    1) The video maker has already stated he made a mistake about the crossroads.

    2) This video was designed for UK learners, so the car is on the right side of the road.

  • whats perpose of this manover,,, i live in Australia,,, seems illegual

  • @CuzPB This is only for the UK

  • test tomorw..im dreading

  • Did u pass

  • thanks you this will help me i am 15 i will get it on the 25 of june i hope

  • Why would you ever do this? (yes, I'm an American asking this) And by the way, is it an accepted practice for lorries to do this?

  • @Jamesonisms I've done it a couple of times, but the 3 point turn is more pointless. That's really just for test purposes!

  • You need 3 point turn. This is pointless

  • You know how before you do the turn, after every car length you have to keep looking around? Each time you do this, do you have to put the handbreak up each time?

  • @RIZZYrulez4LYF

    No, you should not apply the handbrake (generally the handbrake should only be used when a 'pause becomes a wait). You do not need to pause the car when you make these observations if you are confident and proficient. It is a good idea though to do so, certainly in the early stages.

  • Love the irony of this video - first thing you say is make sure it's Safe Legal Convenient, and then your diagram shows it at a crossroads! DSA would not be happy with that!

  • @mrkfowler The SLC is for pulling over to the side of the road - look again, you will see that is what is said. As mentioned in comments below, the crossroads diagram was an error - I am a driving instructor not a graphic designer!

  • hahaha, you drive on the wrong side haha

  • I hate this manouvre, I really do.

  • UK driving is pathetic.

  • @SamzIszHere Their roads are probably different to our roads in the US.

  • @SamzIszHere Your driving tests are way too easy.

  • Hi,

    Thanks for this informative post.

    it will be very useful for those who are preparing for theory test

  • iv failed my test 3 times any tips

  • @faz234 me too lol got a test 2mo hope i pass :)

  • This was very helpful, thanks. It pretty much went over what my instructor has taught me but it's good to watch these type of videos to refresh my memory.

    I have my driving test on Wednesday and I am pretty nervous!

  • Ya.. that's not legal in Canada.. pretty sure not in the states either.... it's illegal to back through an intersection, never mind back and turn..just an fyi..

    And what's with the 3 car lengths past the actual turn?

  • Ya.. that's not legal in Canada.. pretty sure not in the states either.... it's illegal to back through an intersection, never mind back and turn..just an fyi..

    And what's with the 3 car lengths past the actual turn?

  • i almost killed myself in a head on collision in london, lol left side driveing is funny

  • kerb. uk is so unique when it comes to speaking and writing.

  • omg I just started my driving lessons and damn! manual is so effin' hard! The car shut down TWICE in the middle of the road. I didn't understand exactly why hahaha and whenever I braked, apparently it was really hard that my teacher almost hit head. Gawsh, I'm going automatic now

  • I accept this is to show how its done but i do that quicker pushing the flippin car!

  • all my lessons i used the tip of wiper blade as my distance from curb marker, However it rained on my test passed but i think it might have bin a bit of luck at that point!

  • my test is tomorrow!!!!! if it doesnt snow

  • Same here!

  • u pass m8?

  • I'm finding this so hard, nothing seems to work for me. I've only got a week and a half til my test.

  • gd luck

  • @DollarBillUK Most of what the instructor told me was useless BS for me. What helped me, was to try to imagine where the car was. Imagine yourself pulling out of that side road and turning left into the main road, except you're doing it backwards. Memorize the layout of the road as you drive past it, and make sure you find a good reference point. (The reference point is something in the road that would be exactly behind you after you're aligned correctly.)

  • Why are you showing a example of reversing into a side road at a cross roads? ( Not safe to carry out reverse at cross roads)

  • I did this on my test and did it well... and I passed :),

    My instructor is obsessed with the reference point, metre from the kerb, mirror signal...

    its hardwork if you are learning to drive... I went through so much...

    So glad Im not doing this manoeuvre again... its a pain if you have to do it with an instructor,

    I just 3 point turn instead and drive the way I want...

  • @neb1029 where is the refrence point?

  • DO ( NOT PAUSE ) THE CAR AT ANY STAGE when you are reversing back LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT before you start to swing in to the other road and rember the slower YOU do it the longer YOU have to make GOOD YOUR MISTAKES ( DO NOT HIT OR MOUNT the path go forward and then take it back take the blue mark ITS not a fail

  • you actually do have to stop if vehicles are coming towards the vehicle you are in. check highway code

  • Do pause the car if there is a car comming behind which is a danger though!

    I do agree with doing the reverse at a steady pace rather than stoping and starting all the time. The stopping and starting only allows hazards time to appear. And a lack of flow makes the pupil confused.

  • @Darrenhale1

    My instructor said it's best to pause a few times during the manoeuvre so that the examiner cannot say that you didn't look enough. If you stop a few times it pretty much guarantees that you won't get a fault for lack of observation.

  • its not as easy as it looks isit! xxx

  • Funny thing about this maneuver is that i have never ever seen anybody in my life doing this seriously :D Except driving lessons/exams.

    It's by far safer and easier to drive a block around..

  • Exactly! lol or do a turn in the road. This manoeuvre is only for test purposes :P

  • same opinion!

  • 100% agree but what if this was your only option to reverse around a corner then what ????

  • If you are in a one-way street you cannot drive around the block. I personally choose to reverse around the corner before 2 of my lessons a week because of where they live

  • @Engineer9736  you have to learn this so u can reverse it to a bay or in to a drive way

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  • i failed on this at the beginning of my test. :S now i'm worried for the second time.

  • I did this on holiday and I dont even have a Driving license ;/

  • this is so hard manouvre for me if i get this imso gonna fail this my test soon

  • could anyone tell me if this is correct please? (the method i do)

    when reversing, wait til kerb goes more than an inch out of view, then turn wheel half turn, then follow it round?

  • thanks for this useful upload most driving videos on youtube are as per American left hand drive system. The UK system is same as the one in my home country India

  • Yay! Another right hand drive country!

  • whats with all the jargon?

  • it is all aimed to help pupils transfer skill learned in other situations

  • god how long do they want u to take to get round a bloody corner

  • I've done this manouver 5243338665 times and I'm still crap at it lol

  • god id fall asleep while driving with ur voice

  • Got my test in 30 mins!!!!!!

  • Excellent video & explanation! Very useful!!

  • amazing

  • leaving for test in 30 mins, thanks, great help!

  • Great vid, I'm trying to get all these manouvers to "click" in my head at the moment!

  • thank you, this helps. have my test at 11am tomorrow and this what we have to do.

  • me too :[

  • oh my god! that was sooo helpful, ive got my test in like 10 hours!! and i cant sleep!!!! im sooo nervous!! its only my reverses that im worried about!!!

  • absolutley fantastic vid. i never know how much steering to put on/off and that makes me snake around and also when the point of turn is and this shows u...any more?

  • thank you! this has been fabulous - a real help. great vid. i wish i had you as an instructor, i really worried about this manouevre and the reverse parking between the 2 white lines.

  • i turned up for my test, and the examiner pulls a sicky on me, so i wasted a whole morning. Really pissed me off. Had to reaarange for next week!

  • Im going 4 my test 2 morrow!

  • Snap... Bricking it...

  • how did you do then? ive got mine on tuesday

  • Ive passed on the road n parking but failed on rearing! now i have 2 go 4 2nd attempt for the rearing only!Congrats on ur test btw

  • ohh cool lol.. in NA (or canada at least), its illegal to reverse into intersections lol

  • don't get why this is the wrong lane, the reverse should be made into a quiet side road, not normally a crossroads

  • Ignorant dick

  • its quite unreal

  • If in your test you get this manoeuvre, at any any time can you correct yourself by going forward then carry on reversing? or would this be a failure?

  • Nope not a failure. As long as you don't go drastically wrong e.g. the other side of t he road, then as long as you correct yourself properly (full observation before you move forward/backward) then that is not a problem. Even the best drivers make mistakes - the key/skill is to correct them but properly. Hey, you can even touch the kerb and that is OK (touch under control and not ram up it!).

  • all that you are trying to show/prove is that you can handle the car in a competent and SAFE manner - the emphasis is on safe. You can have a scrappy looking manoeuvre but do it in a safe manner and you will be OK. The other way around is a no, no!

  • Ok thanks a lot, much appreciated! My test is in 3 weeks and i'm stressing over it already. 1 o clock in the morning and i'm up watching learner driver videos and studying maps of farnborough & aldershot lol

    Thanks again!

  • That's not far from me - I think I will stay in, in 3 weeks time! :-0 Seriously, don't stress. Concentrate on 'is it safe?' and you will be fine. That is the key.

  • Oh really where are you from? I live in aldershot and go to college in farnborough so i know both towns quite well luckily. And yes please do.. one less car on the road could be the difference in me passing and failing lol I'll try not to stress too much but i really really really want to pass.

  • You spelt manoeuvre wrong in the video. Around 2:25. That is all

  • failed. i had a few minors and by the end of the exam he took me on a roundabout where i forgot to signal and resulted in a serious fault. so wtvr u do ppl ,dONT forgt to signal right THEN left at the chosen exit.

  • mine is tommorrow :-0

  • im takin it in a couple months!!! yeah

  • mines on friday!!! is it easy? what do they ask you to do?!

  • i passed this morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3 minors!!!!! im sooo happy.....i actually cried in front of the examiner and my driving instructor!!!!

  • I just passed today 1st time. F**cking hell my heart was trying to jump out the whole way through, legs were shaking and everything

  • I freaking hate this one

  • good tips thanks but i still cant do it lol can i go for my test and just not be able to do it will it just be classed as a minor point?

  • I take my test on the fith of may, I Hopw I Pass ;-)

  • did you pass? got mine on thursday

  • I never even took the test, i forgot the second part of my driving license, so i got to re apply, and i'll be doing than at the end of the month, what a pisser though lol

  • did u pass m8?

  • did you pass it? i m taking mine the 21st of may...

  • nah i only got 8 minors but roadworks on this roundabout threw me off so I was in the wrong lane. rebooked for end of the month. you feel so much more confident second time around so for all you nervous first timers (of driving tests...) don't let the nerves get to you and it's really not the end of the world

  • this is the only thing thats stoppin me frm going 4 my test!

    this is pretty simple to do but 4 some stupid reason i cant get the straightening up bit right!

  • that was a nice! tips

  • This is retareded. Why would you ever need to do this in normal driving situations? Looks pretty dangerous.

  • Haha that's the point i think, yeah it is dangerous, but at end of day you're only doing it to show examiner how good you are at reversing, there's a lot of things you don't do when you pass, like checking your mirrors all the time and putting your handbrake on everytime you stop at junctions etc and i can't remember the last time i used push-pull steering

  • After being taught to drive safly why do you think you shoud drive diffrently after passing your test?

    Anyway you don't need to put the hanbrake on at a junction for a breif stop, the key thing is NEVER to let the car roll back. If you drop mirror checks what affect are you having on other road users DO YOU KNOW?

    Ofcourse its not dangerous if you do it correctly!

  • if you think too much then it's just harder to drive... that's why womans cant' usually drive because they think it too much

  • that logic is MAN logic.. by defintion it is therefore the best logic and automatically correct.

    Woman logic by its definition is over thought and instantly incorrect.

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  • yeah right its not as simple as that when your on a busy road with cars parked all ova da sho....lol all over the road i mean.

  • GAY MUSIC

  • I dont get why I'd ever have to do this manouver during general driving. How does reversing round a corner benefit me?

  • Yeh I was thinking that! I've been driving for 11 years now, and not once have I needed to do this manouevre. And as others have said, it is quite dangerous as well, which makes it all the more ridiculous!

  • I had to the other day infact, I missed a turn, found the next turn of a few yards down the road, reversed into it, then drove off.

  • Yeah when video hits 1m 03seconds... this is when you decide if a signal is necessary and before you move off do a good right shoulder check.. Trust me on this if you don't YOU WILL FAIL...!!!

  • he never signal when he reverse... isn't that bad?

  • @marlon369 No, you don't need to.

  • You forgot to say, before you move off to complete this minouvere, you should decide whether or not a signal is necessary and do a good right shoulder check for motorbikes and other vehicles. You need to re-do this video stating this in my opinion. You cannot just move off after being told to stop in a convenient, safe and legal place.  These checks must be made or the learner will X - FAIL - X

  • ...If you tried doing this in America, you would probably be arrested. And if the cops didn't catch you, the guy behind you would shoot you.

  • lol

  • Yo brits, when will you accept the world standards????

  • yo americans when did we decide that we were the standards?

  • I didnt think you could reverse into a junction...

  • A car will go wherever you drive it. :-)

    It is a UK driving test thing.

  • I think he means he didn't know it was legal.

    Is 4-5 car lengths really correct? My instructor said 2. However, I don't think we reverse into a junction (where I live). Maybe in a town you do?

  • Ipfvr6, you may actually be asked to do a reverse round the corner on the day of the test. I'll advise you practice & stop being so rude & arrogant. And stop spoiling this for those of us who are really serious about driving.

    Thanks to the people who put this video together, it's the most accurate so far, forget the others, this is the best!!!

  • I think you may have just let everyone know who the SF is! Merry Christmas.

  • Nice demo.

  • heh all this talk about cross roads, last lesson i had, my instructor made me do it on a cross road and said that the added junction is just another thing i should be observing. it was in an industrial area in the morning but did have to stop a lot more because of cars coming out of it. should i tell him don't ask me to do it there? made me panic a lot more than usual.

  • crossroads?

  • Come on me ol' son, get to the point! :-)

    Yes I know, see comments below.

    If you are a driving instructor, please try and be more productive - jeez I have done this, what have you done?

  • My test is on 27th nov, this is the manoevre im dreading!!! Its the only weak spot i have, the rest is a doddle!!!

  • Bad video, bad advice this manouvre should never be performed at a crossroads as illustrated, no driving examiner would EVEr do this manouvre in such a plac.

  • You are correct - not to be done at a crossroads. The rest is 100% correct.

  • Hey, this is completely illegal in Australia. Why would you ever have to do it?