For ages I had a thing of turning the wrong way when reversing. For some reason I had it in my head everything is reversed when reversing. Now I just think steer in the direction you want the car to go and that helps a lot.

I noticed a lot of "Try not to..." instead of "Don't" there :-> It's a great verbal trick.

Steer the way you want to go. That was literally all I needed. No more left / right brain twisting!! Recently moved to a house where I'll often have to reverse down a long drive so this was a brilliant.

This is helpful. I’m a new driver and it’s so annoying getting confused when reversing. Especially coming out of a parking spot.

Another thing I found - when I started learning to drive I had been playing videogames since a young age, and they train you to go in the opposite direction when reversing (e.g Grand Theft Auto). Even today I occasionally slip momentarily back into that habit.

Keep it simple turn the wheel right to turn to the right and left to turn to the left, use your mirrors as guide when necessary. Ash you pretty much summed up every problem while reversing

I don't get confused when reversing... Actually my old driving instructor often told me I was better at reversing than driving forward (true)

Number 2 is my biggest when I'm reversing - I do that exact looking out the back window and getting confused all the time! I'm going to try thinking of just turning the wheel towards where I want to go next time I do a parallel park and see how it goes! When I learnt to drive, I did about 1 part lesson in a car park and maybe did 2/3 bay parks and a handful of parallel parks and that was nearly 10 years ago now, so I've never been the most confident reverser...

Thank you for your videos! The best explanation I’ve got so far and it helps a lot! Exactly what I need. I got told off by my instructor when I made mistakes during reversing. He just told me to left or right or straighten the wheel without explanation. Really appreciate your video! Having my test this Sunday I’ll binge watch your video to seek comfort and confidence 😂 thank you

Excellent demonstrations. Thank you for the tutorial.

Great video your point of not turning right or left is a great one as I used to get caught up in that a lot and got me a bit confused. But I think an interesting point you missed is I find its easy to forget what the front of your car is doing because when your reversing your focusing on the back. What I mean by this is you can be parked right next to the curb, reverse away from the curb but its easy to forget where your front wheels are going and they can easily mount the curb.

In my driving lessons I kept steering the wrong way, it was really frustrating because I knew what to do but my brain made me do the opposite. I got better but still did it occasionally right up to a couple of weeks before my test. I don't know what happened but suddenly something clicked. Passed my test 1st time, only a couple of minors. I frequently end up having to reverse down narrow country lanes and streets that are blocked. I come across so many drivers that aren't confident to reverse even if they only have to go a few metres.

Hi I’ve just started my driving lesson I’ve had a very bad experience with the instructor reversing he told me it all wrong anyway I left that instructor I’m with a new one he great I still couldn’t reverse any way my partner show me your channel yesterday I went out with my new instructor and believe it or not I done it I couldn’t believe it I thank you so much

Your videos are amazing..!! I mastered how to reverse now... Thank you so much!

Thanks for this!!

This is so helpful thank you for the tips ✅

Excellent explanation and really helpful, thanks a lot...

I'm going to be giving this a go on my next lesson as I am now doing my manoveres which has always daunted me 🙄😂 I'm fine driving around busy town centres dual carriageways you name it but reversing I'm like a mess I can keep the car controlled and slow while reversing just the actual bay parking ect really gets to me. Thankyou for your videos they make so much more sense 👍

I found the 'reversing round a corner' THE most difficult thing - along with turning right (I'm a lefty).

Thank for this video it really helped.

This is so helpful! I have my test on Friday and still keep messing up with reversing and steering the wrong way! I’m going to keep this in mind. Thank you!

Steer in the direction you want to go is the best advice thanks 😊 I tend to think 'reverse' means I have to do everything in reverse . I'm too short to turn so I use mirrors and when in panic think I have to do it the opposite.

I don't know why I started getting confused about steering while reversing 😅 It was fine before! Thank you for the video!

Thank you very much, that was very helpful.

I've driven counter balances and reach trucks for the last 19 odd years, yet only been driving a car for the last 4. Having that experience with forklifts prior to driving a car actually helped a lot when it came to reversing in my experience.

Very helpful video thank you very much 💕

Thank you for this great video. I watched this video.

I am glad my instructor was like you :)

Omg! This is like the only vid that helps me.! I'm sh*t at straightening wheels when parking

Very good tips thanks a lot

Thank you for your video it’s very helpful

I found after my lessons with the instructor and passing the test, I very quickly started to change how I reversed. I think it might be because of looking around too much. I never had an issue with it mind you, just felt like I was doing unnecessary checks. Not much reason to check around 5 times in the maneuver when you know nobody is around you.

Great genius video. Just amazing 👏👏👏

Big thanks sir how easy was that I had a big doubt on it now clear that .🙏

That camera angle, so profesional 😍

Amazing video!!

Thank you.

I thought I was good at reversing until yesterday 😂. Practice practice practice for me this week !

3 of the points i do mostly, i dont look at the floor but at the back of the car in conjunction to the line. i try not thinking left or right. and lastly i try not focusing on the wheel. but i do have a bad habit of not moving or barely moving and looking to the front allot

An important point for general manoeuvring is when you are parallel to an obstruction and extremely close to it e.g. a kerb (or a parked car) but need to reverse you cannot get away from it by reversing. You need to initially do a forwards movement with what I call a shallow slalom with straight start and finish to achieve increased parallel width. This allows for front end "wing swing" Years ago to reverse into a side road on the left examiners had to stop you short of the side road so you could choose your width from kerb stopping position before reversing into the side road.

Another great video Ashley, good tips to remember for my test next week 😎

During my test I saw that I was slightly over the line and then i just steered in the opposite direction to correct it and then straightened up. Should happen naturally will still practice what I've learnt when I get my car on Saturday till it becomes second nature.

Great video

I really love reversing , if there is a particularly difficult space to get into I will use this , I really just like reversing . So anywhere I park I reverse . Not always used to be this way but have been for.a long time now . Nice to see the points you made I didn’t or do not do , yay for me ☺️👍❤️

I got my licence less than a month and parking is a nightmare I did not learn any of these things thanks for this video so helpful

Very good and helpful, but I do get confused when you call the ground, the floor.

It's interesting how many people say use the side mirrors to reverse or turn your head, in my car I'm a big fan of turning around and looking out the back window, everything feels more natural that way, this however caused me problems when I got a job driving a massive van where it has no back window to look out of, then I have to rely on my side mirrors and even now I still find that confusing when for years before I've looked out the back window

Do you have any tips on how to reverse in a straight line? Should I be looking at the pavement in relation to my wheels or rear quarter panel to see if they're going straight?

Thanks 🌹

Theres a difference betweeen right and left and clockwise and counter clockwise , and if u shuffle steer you dont know which way your tires are facing

Left arm over passenger seat. Look out of back window, little corrections, wax on steering. It might not be driving school but it's defo Magnum PI

My first time doing a reverse parking, I turned the wheel all the way to the left and then I was completely lost on where the wheel was pointing after backing up

Sir I know you may not see this comment but you're the boss in this teaching 1:55mins in the video and I got it.Thank you so much

Don't turn your head and look out the back window! Use the mirrors!

jizz why nobody said to me something that simple this ( dont think left or right ) was that helped me most , steer to the direction where youre looking

Slightly longer draw bar on the trailer really helps.

Rather than look out back window I only use centre mirror to check nothing has moved behind ( pedestrian ).

Thanks buddy I'll be altering my teaching techniques after watching this video! You really ought to start charging me...I'm even starting to sound like you in my lessons! If I develop a Scouse accent though I'll be gunning for you lol!

I can’t see the lines unless I angle my mirrors down. In your car can you see the lines with your mirrors as normal??

I actually never had any problem reversing. Not that I consider myself an excellent driver, because one can always learn and as soon as you think you are an excellent driver, you are - I think - starting to make mistakes. I have not problems reversing because I sailed. Not with a rudder but (I don't know how to call that in English) but with a stick-rudder. And there you steer the other way when you go forward. Then trained me in have a feeling for both ways of steering and never have the feeling that something is unnatural. The point you made with: I want to go that way, so I steer that way, is exactly how it works with me. I must say for me parking backwards in a bay is easier then forward.

Gorgeous intro 👌

I had to reverse trucks with mirrors only

The only reason I got confused reversing was because my driving instructor always used to get her lefts and rights mixed up. Every time we'd approach a corner or we'd have to park up, she'd say "turn left at the end of the road" and I'd be like "are you sure?", point left and she'd realize her mistake. So whenever I'd park I'd always get confused because she'd be telling me which way to turn the steering wheel to go which direction and I'd do that and the car would somehow end up upside-down. I had some funny times with my driving instructor. We got along really well.

Reversing is easy in a car after a bit of practice - if people think reversing a car is hard, try reversing an articulated lorry, or an "A-frame", drawbar trailer, common called "wagon & drag", or even just a transit van, then come back to a car, reversing will ne easy then

My car is rubbish for reversing, stupid rear wheel toe in makes the car drift when reversing.

Yeah I built a habit that when reversing everything is backwards..... I built it from video games 😂😂 But you just gotta do what he said!

Try reversing a BMW Z4, the rear wheels are toe in. Ok going forward, goes all over with road camber going backwards.

I have my driver license but i suck at parking😅 i hope this is gonns help me with that

If you don’t look at lines when reversing in to bay, how do you know if you are in between the lines ?

I'm too short to turn and look out the window

What annoys me when reversing is demarcation paint worn off that can't be seen especially in wet and dark conditions.

how does looking at your steering wheel help? Scratches my head

Ever since I past my test i just go forward into bays haha much easier

What if there are no lines?

Having wider angled mirrors or those peripheral stick on mirrors helps immensely. I know a lot of cars these days have magnification for some reason. I don't understand it, all I need to know is if there is a car there, not to see if the driver of said car has brushed his teeth or not.

I am 15 and for some reason I always blow people away when I go to reverse I went out with someone on a closed track type think and did a reverse parking into a bay and they said. "Well I don't really know what you can improve on. I've got to say that's the best I've seen from someone 'New' to driving." BTW I've been driving cars since I was about 7. I learnt to reverse trailers at about 8. I am a bit of a petrol head myself.

Personally I don't get at all confused reversing even when I tow.

In my car, my daily driver at least, it's so long (4.8m) and the rear window is so small, that I never turn around to reverse, mirrors all the way. When I learned to drive in 1998, my first car was an old Austin Metro and I used to reverse park it in my parents garage and used to practice this on my own on their driveway, by the time I took my test I could reverse just as well as I drive forward. I have very little tolerance for people who can't reverse and won't practice. I've actually come across drivers on narrow lanes, who stop, get out and swap seats with their partner because they cannot reverse a car themselves.

Is looking in the mirror the same as looking behind you?

anyone know what car he's in?

I can’t get the penny to drop with reversing 😂

"Hey every one 😐"

I do them all lol

Fck im still confused

You're number 1 point about your mirror when I look in a car mirror I never just see a small part of it with the rest blurred, a car mirror to me is generally about 4inches by 3 inches and you should use all of it. some cars automatically tilt your nearside mirror to see the kerb better. But you should really try reversing an articulated lorry with a reversing camera, some of them are connected to your steering the same as in a car and because of that if the camera has active guidelines the guidelines will show you to go the opposite way to what you intend. the camera should be linked to the movement of the 5th wheel then the guidelines would be true.

Haha people look at their wheel while driving at all? No shit they bump into shit when driving then. If I looked at anything but my mirrors when learning to reverse park the lorry (articulated and without trailer) I'd get a verbal smackdown from my instructor hahaha

Yet another upload of you flying through red lights Ashley, disgraceful