Turnabout: control / steering method / observation / vehicle position
- A turnabout is also known as a three-point turn. It is a basic maneuver that you might use to turn a vehicle around on a street. You must be able to demonstrate to a DriveTest Examiner that you can perform one safely.
- A three-point turn starts by signalling to the right, checking your mirrors and blind-spot, pulling the car over to the right curb and stopping. DO NOT simple single left and begin the maneuver. Depending on circumstances this could lead to a failure by the Drivetest Examiner.
- Once pulled to the curb and stopped, signal left, check mirrors and blind-spot and slowly drive the car towards the left curb, steering rapidly until just before the steering wheel locks. Stop before the front of your car reaches the curb. If you gently hit the curb, it will be marked as a minor mistake. . If you climb over the curb, it would be considered losing control of the vehicle and would be cause for failure.
- Select the reverse gear, Signal to the right. Look in both directions, check your mirrors and quickly glace at your back-up camera. Slowly back up your vehicle, moving no faster than a walking pace, while turning the steering wheel all the way to the right, stopping just before the wheel locks. You should be looking over your right shoulder, out the back and side window while reversing. Check quickly to the left to ensure no one is coming from that direction. Stop just before you reach the curb.
- Put the car in Drive. Signal left. Look in both directions. Check your mirrors and blind spot. When the way is clear turn left and proceed in the new direction