Hi there smart drivers, Rick with Smart Drive Test talking
to you today about how to do a 2-Point Reverse
Turn for the purposes of a road
test.
Now if you've been practicing your other
slows manoeuvres in the parking lot, and doing
your three-point turns,
'U' turns, parallel parking, and those types
of slow-speed maneuvers, and you're
comfortable with the primary controls
this manoeuvre is a lot easier than the other
ones. So we're just going to give you this
straightforward technique of being able
to do this. It's basically speed and
space management and good communication
and observation as you do with all of
the other maneuvers. Now if an examiner
does get you to do this, most of the
time they're going to get to do it on a
dead-end street, they're going to do it at
a T-intersection and quiet suburban
areas. They are not going to get you to do it
somewhere where it's busy.
There's going to be very little traffic
and you're going to be able to do it
quite simply. And essentially all you do
is back into a laneway or back around
the corner and a roadway and go in the
opposite direction. So today we're going
to show you how to do that. Simple, straight
forward step-by-step instructions
to be able to complete a two-point
reverse turn as one of the required
maneuvers for the purposes of a road
test. Stick around, we'll be right back
with that information.
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So the examiner has indicated that we're going
to do a two-point reverse turn here. Mirror,
signal, shoulder check. Nobody there. We
pull up until we can see the back
through the back corner... the corner that
we're going to back around. 360° degree scan.
We have our right signal on. We have the transmission
in reverse. 360° scan again.
Pause and we turn the steering wheel all
the way to the right and follow the
corner around. When the vehicle is straight,
straighten the steering wheel out. Signal
left. 360° scan. Nobody behind us
and we proceed.
Scanning the intersection and proceding.
The examiner has told us to do a
two-point reverse turn here at the
corner. Mirror, signal, shoulder check and
signal to the right and pull over to the
right. And essentially we want to pull up so we can
see the corner through the back window. It
is very similar to setting up for the
purposes of parallel parking. You want to
be about three feet away from the curb
and you want to be able to see the
corner through the back window here. Put
your right signal on, 360° degree scan. The
vehicle's transmission is in reverse so your reverse
lights are on and people know what
you're doing.
You simply turn your steering wheel and
follow the corner around on that side.
And you're looking over your right
shoulder.
And you simply pull back until the
front of the vehicle is at the corner of
the intersection. Wheels straight. And we're
gonna go that way. 360° degree scan. Signal
on, into a forward gear and we turn and
we drive.
That's how you do a two-point reverse
turn for the purposes of a road test.
The examiners indicated that we're going to
do a two-point reverse turn in the laneway
here. Mirror, signal, shoulder check, and pull up.
360° scan. Pull up
approximately three feet away from the
curb so the corner is in the back window
of your vehicle. Put the transmission into reverse. Right
signal on. 360° degree scan. Nobody coming.
Turn all the way to the right and back
around the corner until the vehicle is
straight. Look forward to know that the
vehicle is straight. Straighten the steering wheel out.
Signal to the left, 360° degree scan, and
we proceed.
Quick review of two-point reverse turn.
If you've been practicing your other
slow-speed manoeuvres, this one is going to
be fairly straightforward. And a lot
easier than parallel parking for certain.
Now first thing you do when the examiner
indicates that you're going to do a
two-point reverse turn is
mirror, signal, shoulder check. Pull over to the
side of the road. So you're going to
signal to the right and you're going to do a
shoulder check to the right and make
sure that you check your mirrors that
it's safe to stop. And you're going to
simply, pull over past where you're
going back around the corner and stop
on the side of the road. After you come
to a complete stop, put the vehicle in
reverse so other vehicles know that
you're going to reverse around the
corner. Because you already have your
right signal on so they know what you're
going to be doing. After you come to a
stop, 360° degree scan, make sure there
aren't any other road users or vehicle
that are going to impede your
movement. And again the basic components
of the road test are speed and space
management, communication and observation.
So make sure you observe well before you
start to back around the corner.
You're simply going to turn the steering
wheel all the way to the right, navigate
around the corner in reverse. When you
get the vehicle all the way around the
corner
you're going to bring the steer tires
back to straight. And as I said before,
steering wheels on passenger vehicles
move one-and-a-half to two turns all the
way left and all the way right. Most of
the time it's one and a half, but just as
you started with your slow-speed
maneuvers in the parking lot there,
just check that to make sure that it is
one-and-a-half so when you bring it back
one-and-a-half it's going to be straight
when the logo on the steering wheel is
in the upright position. So bring your
steering wheel back to straight, put your
left signal on, 360° degree scan, into a
forward gear and you can drive forward
and around to the left and bring the
vehicle in the opposite direction. It's called
the two-point reverse turn. You're simply
backing around the corner and going
in the opposite direction. As i said in
the introduction, most of the time you're
going to do this
in a quiet suburban area at a "T"
intersection or on a dead-end road. There
isn't gonna be much traffic around for
you to be able to do this. It is one of
the maneuvers that you could potentially
be asked to do on a road test. You need to know how to do that.
Question for my smart drivers: do you have any tips for new drivers
learning how to do two point reverse
turns and bringing their vehicle around
so that they can maneuver into the
opposite direction.
Leave a comment down in the comment
section there. All that helps out the
new drivers working towards getting
their license.
I'm Rick with Smart Drive Test. Thanks
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Good luck on your road test. And remember,
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Have a great day. Bye now.
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