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Aim
- To legally and safely reverse into a driveway from a roadway.
Situation
- In a 50km/h zone.
- On a two-way road with driveways, with light traffic flow, where there is 50 metres of visibility ahead and behind, and no parked vehicles in the way.
The driver should
- Indicate left for at least three seconds, before positioning the vehicle safely just past the road and about 1 metre from the kerb.
- Indicate left for at least three seconds before reversing.
- Search all around (360 degrees), checking in mirrors and over shoulder for hazards.
- Give way to pedestrians and other traffic if required.
- Turn to look out the back window while reversing.
- Reverse the vehicle in a straight line until vehicle is at the point of turn
- Reverse the vehicle all the way into the road, and continue to reverse approx 3-4 car lengths
- Stop reasonably close to the kerb.
- Put the gears in neutral (manual) or park (automatic), put the handbrake/park brake on and switch off the engine.
- Drive at a safe and appropriate speed throughout.
- Perform the tasks at least two times.
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