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Zorluk: ZorPre-Manoeuvre Observation

You are reversing into a side road on the left to turn your vehicle around. As you prepare to apply steering lock to guide the rear of your car into the junction, the front of your car will swing out into the main road. What observation should you make immediately before turning the steering wheel?

  1. A
    Rely solely on your interior rear-view mirror to check for vehicles following directly behind you.
  2. Check all around the vehicle, paying particular attention to traffic and road users to the front and right-hand side.Cevap
  3. C
    Focus continuously on your left door mirror to prevent your rear wheels from mounting the kerb.
  4. D
    Observe only the stationary vehicles parked along the opposite kerb to assess your turning clearance.

Cevap

Check all around the vehicle, paying particular attention to traffic and road users to the front and right-hand side.
When reversing around a corner or into a side road to the left, turning the steering wheel causes the front of the vehicle to swing out across the main carriageway. A driver must perform effective all-round observations, giving particular attention to the front and right (offside), to ensure no oncoming vehicles, cyclists, or pedestrians will be endangered by the protruding front end.

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1
Identify the vehicle trajectory and physical dynamics during the manoeuvre.
Recognise that applying left steering lock while reversing forces the front offside of the car to swing out into the main carriageway.
Vehicle steering geometry causes the front end to describe a wider outward arc than the rear wheels.
2
Determine the critical hazard areas created by the front swing.
Potential conflict zones include oncoming vehicles, overtaking traffic, and vulnerable road users approaching from the front or right.
Drivers who only look backwards or in mirrors will miss vehicles approaching the protruding front bumper.
3
Execute the comprehensive pre-manoeuvre observation routine.
Perform a complete 360-degree all-round check, checking blind spots and ensuring clear passage to the front and right before steering.
Ensures the manoeuvre does not endanger or impede other road users.

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All-round pre-manoeuvre observation accounting for front-end vehicle swing during reversing
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