REVERSING IN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 138, 14 June 1938, Page 18

REVERSING IN.

KERBSIDE MANOEUVRES. THE EASIEST PROCEDURE ADVKI-: FOR INK XPERT DUIVKRS. It is e\ ident Iron 1 ilisorvat. ion- in town and city t litu-<_>nrjli i":ithat -<■ in«driver-; have only a \apue notion <it the bo-t and r-ouiot i''lis only way ut manoeuvring a car to a | ~iI i.• n tln-v l" • 11141 parallel with Ihe kerb-hie. into a restricted space with ears alroidy in j'« 1-it ion. () ft I'll one -' es ca:- '1, It >e r iou -iy out of alignment, '.villi lierear end-; projecting into the line ni traffic. Many driver-; at te:•i j.l t lie impossible in their efforts to avi id sileii ini proper ]>a i k i up. Attempting the impos-iblo nnd; r such eireumsrauces mean- tryinp to p, t into lint' apiiusr the kerb hy 11 ri\ inf->i ■ ward. lor. strange though it. may he to the inexpert driver, it is tindoiilit etll v easier to drive a car into a much shorter \aeant -pace if it is re\cr-ed. Tilt' best method of no-ing in to th" kerb is to drive forward pa-t the unoccupied .-pace until one'- ear i-alone-ide and parallel with the lir-t ear beyond the opening, with ahoitl. two feet separating' the two ear-. One -liould then drive hack slowly into the openin lt with tiie steering 10e ! ..-i mer fully in the required direction. When one's own ear diagonally overlap-; the other hy ahotit half it- leu-nth the steering must he progre»-i vely locked over in the opposite direction atlie ear eontinties to move hack. Murine this part of the nianoettvre the drivel must he careful in watching the front mudguard. so that both it and the adjacent end of the front bumper are kept clear of the outer "corner" of the car already in position.

Immediately the ends of the two ears no longer overlap, one mti-t lock over the steering to the full to brum one's front wheels towards the kerb. It is unimportant whether or no one's front wheels are straightened up after the car has been got into position. It is ''neater" to leave them straight: but leaving them locked over will enable tinear subsequently to l>e driven forward on of the space, and away, without having to lock them over again as a preliminary. A good way to practice this manoeuvre is to pet a friend to stand in a quiet road in a position relative to the kerb corresponding with that of the "outside corner" of an imaginary car, and to drive past the friend until the rear end of ones car is le\el with him. Then reverse to the kerbside. avoiding the friend, until the car is alongside the kerb and parallel with it.