Why is it so difficult to drive backward in a straight line?
In: Engineering
u/amonimisimo has a good technical answer.
My non technical eli5 answer is that when driving forward, the front wheels determine what “straight” and will pull the rear wheels in line behind them.
But when in reverse, if the front wheels are not perfectly parallel with the rear wheels, the rear wheels will get pushed more and more and more out of line.
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