in this video i'm going to show you how to reverse around a gradual corner
which will be this one here and then i'm going to show you how to reverse around a sharper corner
which will be this one right here as you'll see all corners are unique and you need to treat each
corner individually based on the angle that you have to work with now the only thing i love more
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this video on reversing around the corner and we're going to start with the gradual corner
so here goes so first of all i'm going to start here with a more gradual corner the corner
the curb here is kind of more gradual it's not by any means a sharp angle
like that so because it's more gradual my steering then needs to be more gradual too as you're about
to see now so i go to reverse gear first of all checking all around there all looks good
now let the handbrake down then & back i go keeping the wheel straight at the start
ok i'm keeping her going nice and slow and i'm looking behind as well so you'll notice that the
wheel it's kept fairly straight because this is the first part i mean the car is pretty
straight beside me maybe goes in a little bit so i might just give it a tiny bit of adjustment but if
the kerb is fairly straight well then the wheel stays fairly straight the wheel matches the kerb this
is what i'm trying to say in this video like the wheel matches the kerb so just as the corner is
about to disappear there i give it a little gentle turn like that as i said it's a gradual corner so
notice my steering now it's quite gradual to suit the corner ok if i were to steer really fast now
i would be worried that my back wheels would go too close to the kerb maybe hit it but because
it's a gradual corner notice how i'm giving little subtle gentle movements of the wheel there
that's because it's this particular type of corner now i can just straighten up now
because i noticed that i'm just i don't want to get too close to the leader so
but notice that little straightening up was barely like a half turn okay and that was enough
now you notice now just a little bit of a gap so i'm gonna do a small turn but look how
i just turned in a small amount now look at the look what i'm doing i'm giving it time to react
look at the wheel i'm giving it time to react ok now i notice my door handle is getting closer so
i think i'll just get the wheel straight maybe slightly off straight for a second
and now straight and now i feel that it's a good distance there but all this was done like with
very very gentle steering there was no dramatics there was no lock on the wheel left or right
it was all done in a very very gentle manner so if it's a gentle corner like this a very
gradual corner well then the steering needs to match that your steering reflects the corner so
if the car beside me is fairly straight well then my wheel will stay fairly straight like it is now
if it's a gentle curve well then i steer gently that's the way it goes okay and i'll just bring her to a stop then.
so make a note now of my steering and how the car reacts to my
steering on this corner which is going to be a slightly sharper corner than the first one
this one so it's going to be a little bit sharper that means i'm going to have to turn
a little bit faster on this corner here okay so into reverse gear
checking all around looks all good now i see a van coming in there so it's going to give way to him
so the van is just overtaking me there now white van now so i'll give a good full look around again
then make sure everything's okay back into reverse & back i go then so i'm mainly looking behind
but i'm also keeping an eye on the side mirror as well of course all the mirrors actually now
you'll notice now that i can still see the curb in my side mirror still see it now i notice now
it's kind of starting to disappear and now that it's disappeared i'm going to turn then
now notice the way i'm turning i won't say i'm turning fast but i'm turning reasonably i would
say what would you say medium speed like this i'm coming around nice and slowly now when i see that
the kerb is reappearing just like it is there now this is when i do this now which is i straighten
up like this okay because if i don't straighten up that means i will go into the kerb now i've
deliberately finished a little bit far away from the curb so i can show you now the magic
of the quarter steers okay so i'm going to do that which is a quarter left i'm going to give it time
to react okay let it react now let the tarmac disappear the tarmac has to disappear first
under the car or at least almost disappear then you do the corresponding other quarter like that
and give it a chance then just to make a slight little reappearance which it will there very soon
nice and slow you just see the top of the kerb there now & i always then finish with a nice
straight wheel at the end i'm just going to reverse back past that driveway there so
i don't block any drives i'm making sure now that my wheel is nice and straight at the end
and then i bring her to a nice gentle stop just there and it's handbrake 1st & then neutral
and then wait for further instructions from the tester so that was a slightly sharper corner just there
remember to look at the corner before you actually start it this will give you a chance to
watch out for any hazards or potential hazards like children playing or cars reversing outa
driveways or something like that but it'll also give you a chance to analyze the angle that you
have to deal with so if it's a gradual corner steer gently if it's a sharper corner you may
want to steer a little bit quicker it depends on the corner of course they're all different
so if you have any other bits of advice or information that you learned over the years from a
tester or an instructor why not let us know in the comments section that'll be interesting to read
and i'll be back very soon with another video so thank you very much for watching
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