Why is it so difficult to drive backward in a straight line?
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If you just need up drive straight in any direction it’s no more difficult. But usually we need to drive straight in a very tight line so as not to hit anything on either side and this requires readjustments as it’s very unlikely that your car will be perfectly set to go exactly straight backward.
Those small readjustments are not as intuitive as they are going forward in most vehicles where steering turns the front wheels (which are now the back wheels). Therefore a small miscalculation creates a bigger problem than we expect and requires further adjustments with more room for error, so it compounds, especially if you’re going faster than you should be for your reversing skill level.
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