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Quote: Originally posted by Norbert Dentressang on 25/8/2024

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We bought a teardrop caravan and I practiced and thought I'd learned the fundamentals, then on a trip to Wales came head on with a huge tractor. The driver was a woman who must've been 20 at most and I was incredibly embarrassed after 3 or 4 attempts to back up. My partner offered her the chance to reverse us at which point she backed up with considerable ease about 100m.

There's nothing like a sudden situation to act and in future I'll check the satnav route and avoid any road that isn't a named road. Echoing all others who say unhitch and manoeuvre manually

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Quote: Originally posted by SHANTY SINGER on 25/8/2024

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I can reverse my caravan no problem but my garden trailer has got a mind of its own.

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Quote: Originally posted by navver on 25/8/2024

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If I recall, parking in a parking place was not part of the test. It was a 3 point turn and reverse round a corner only.

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Quote: Originally posted by dk168 on 25/8/2024

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Quote: Originally posted by navver on 25/8/2024

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If I recall, parking in a parking place was not part of the test. It was a 3 point turn and reverse round a corner only.

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Reverse parking into a space on the passenger side was part of the test when I did mine in the early 90s.

I remember that clearly as at the end of the test, as I was asked to reverse-park into a space on my side by the examiner due to lack of space on the passenger side, and he said to me no need to worry as I had already passed.

DK

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