Hello I'm Chris. In this video we're going to have a look at how to reverse in a straight
line. Reverse gear is marked by the letter 'R' on the gear stick. It can be in a different
position depending on the car. Sometimes you have to pull it up or push down. So I'm going
to press down the clutch, go into reverse and now the white reverse lights on the back
of the car are on automatically. Sometimes you might have to reverse uphill, which will
need a little bit more gas or if going downhill, no gas, no biting point and have the footbrake
ready. Here I'm on a flat road, I'll give it a tiny bit of gas to help it not stall.
This won't make me go faster as the clutch is in control of the speed when moving slowly.
I would raise the clutch to the biting point to move faster or lower the clutch down and
brake to slow down. When you get the biting point, the back will raise up slightly. I
won't release the clutch completely or I'll move too fast and it'll be a lot harder to
control. Reverse gear is quite powerful. Make sure that it's safe all around before you
reverse. I'm going to be looking out the back window and keeping the kerb lined up with
this point. If I'm getting too close to the kerb then I'll steer to the right to make
the back go right. If I'm going too wide from the kerb, I'll steer towards it to the left.
Steering where I want the back to go. Left to go left, right to go right. I can only
steer when the cars moving or I'd be dry steering which could damage the tyres and steering
components. The car won't react to your steering immediately like it does when you drive forward.
Be careful not to over steer. I'm doing little, slight turns to keep the kerb lined up at
the back. You can rest your arm on the back of the passenger seat if you need to and you
can also remove your seat belt for reversing. But make sure that you put it back on when
going forward. Don't forget to steer where you want the back to go. Don't steer too much,
when steering right the front will go in towards the kerb and when you steer left the front
will swing out to the right. A common mistake when reversing in a straight line is over-steering
too much. Which could make you go very wiggly like this. If you're doing straight reversing
just remember to do little adjustments. Keep looking around as you reverse, especially
for motor-cycles, cyclists and pedestrians. Stopping if anyone gets near you. Don't forget
that raising the clutch too much will make you go faster. You don't want to let go of
the clutch completely or you can expect to go quite quickly which makes it a lot more
difficult to control. Make sure that you stop if anyone approaches from either side, behind
or ahead. See a car coming so I'm stopping. Clutch is down and footbrake is on.
Well that's
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