Manoeuvre guide
Three Point Turn
Turning the car around in a narrow road
Keep looking all around at every stage. The car moves forward, back, then forward again.
- Stop the car at a safe place
- Check mirrors (right and centre)
- Put your signal on for 5 seconds
- Turn the steering wheel to the right until it locks
- Check mirror and blind spot
- Move slowly until the left hand B pillar reaches the middle of the road
- Stop and turn the wheel to the left until it locks
- Change gear to Reverse
- Look both sides and back
- Reverse slowly until the right hand A pillar mirror reaches the middle of the road
- Stop and turn the wheel to the right until it locks
- Change gear to Drive
- Stop and look both sides
- Drive forward and straighten the car
This guide is a practice and teaching aid. It does not replace the official road rules and it does not guarantee the result of your driving test. The authoritative source for licence rules in South Australia is mylicence.sa.gov.au.
Learn this one in the car.
Reading it helps. Doing it with someone watching, in a car with a second brake, is what makes it stick.
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