PRACTICE DRIVING BACKWARDS
Recruits to motor driving should not fail to practise control of their cars in reverse gear. The ability to “back properly is a valuable contribution to safety. It is not only a great help in crowded streets of the city, but it may be a valuable aid in an emergency situation on the open iroad. In driving a car in reverse, the main thing for the novice to remember is to turn the steering wheel in ibe. direction lie desires to go. The inexperienced . driver often thinks that because lie is reversing, the whee 1 should be turned the opposite way 'than would be the case if he were moving forward. All ordinary movements in reverse should be done at - \-erv slow speed.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 16 January 1926, Page 14
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