Learning how to reverse safely is a skill that a learner driver could learn fast from driving school Colchester with a thorough practice. But you should have some basis whilst learning the safe reversing, and that’s the Highway Code of the United Kingdom (UK).

The Rule 168 of Britain’s Highway Code deals with safe reversing. To be able to do it safely, you should check for traffic and nearby pedestrians by carefully looking all around, behind and in front of you, over both in your mirrors and your shoulders.

In places where there are many small children being gathered such as playgrounds, schools, car parks, residential roads or even at your own driveway, you should take special or extra care whilst reversing your car. Remember that small children are short and you couldn’t easily see them especially at the back of your vehicle.

Bear in mind that across the UK, a lot of accidents involving children had been happening due to reckless and careless reversing. So, if you’re reversing and your view is restricted, ask for help from concerned person around. Let him or her guide you to reverse safely as he or she can see at the rear of your car so you can make sure not to hit any children at the back of your vehicle.

When reversing, you should first give way to pedestrians and other road users. If you’re reversing from a major road going to a minor road, you should wait until it is safe to do so. Slowly reverse far enough into the side of the road allowing your car to have the correct positioning on the left-hand side if you are going to rejoin the major road.

If you are reversing in darkness, you should take extra care. When you’re in doubt of the road situation and the potential hazards around, you should get out of your car and check the area in order to make sure you’ll not be hitting anything or anybody.

Remember that if you’re going to reverse your car, you must not do it from a minor road going onto a major road because it is definitely unsafe to do so. Imagine the numerous vehicles passing on the major road are running in higher speed compared to your car which is reversing in a very low speed, so the contrast already reflects potential hazard on the road being posed by you and your vehicle.

If you are in the situation of no other choice but to reverse your car from a minor road onto the major road, be patient of the inconvenience you’ve created because you should wait until the time the major road will be cleared, and worse it would rarely happen in rush hours.

Remember that reversing safely can be mastered by any driver regardless of his or her own experience behind the steering wheel but through the height of his concern for safety for himself/herself or to any road users. So, to reverse safely mostly depends on the maturity of the driver himself or herself. They are often called the safe, highly responsible and defensive motorists.

Driving lesson Colchester without due care and attention has been an offence sometimes committed intentionally or unintentionally by some drivers in the United Kingdom (UK). This sort of offence is the failure of the driver to stop his car and report the road accident to the authorities.

One example is an incident involving Mr. Stevens who was summoned to appear before Wathamforest Magistrates Court for the offence of driving without due care and attention and failure to stop and report an accident to the authorities.

The accident was related to an alleged minor collision committed by Stevens against a car being parked on one side of the road, which involved damage to a wing mirror of that vehicle. Because that collision was so minor, Mr. Stevens didn’t even know if he really committed it.

Although Mr. Stevens had no knowledge of such a collision, he just accepted that it had occurred on a road which he used and that it was possible that he might have clipped a wing mirror and unaware of the accident.

So, he did not dispute that the collision had really occurred based on the evidence of some independent witnesses. However, he explained that as his vehicle was a Land Rover Defender, the noise in its cab could be loud enough and it’s also quite “rattley” thus he wasn’t able to notice such a minor collision.

Based on this statement, Mr. Stevens was advised by his lawyer to plead not guilty to the offence of driving without due care and attention or failing to stop and report an accident. For how could he report the accident if he is truly unaware that it really happened?

The case then proceeded to a trial in court. Following some discussions, the trial started and the prosecutor decided not to continue with the prosecution. Then Mr. Stevens was acquitted or therefore found not guilty of the offence.

He just remained being sentenced for the offence of careless driving, but on the basis that it was only a minor judgement error, the court sentenced him by endorsement of three penalty points on his driving licence plus a small fine. Then, he was allowed to recover his representation costs through a Defendant Costs Order.

This is a Driving lesson Colchester that every driver in the UK whether novice or experienced should learn. Remember that your judgement error will cause your unexpected prosecution because the road accident that happened was even unknown to you at that time. Whilst Steven’s statement is really true, the three penalty points and a small fine imposed by the court on him is just reasonably fair.

The offence of careless driving by Mr. Stevens has been obvious as manifested by his own statement or explanation before the court that the noise in the cab of his vehicle could be loud enough and it’s also quite “rattley” thus he wasn’t able to notice such a minor collision.

Therefore, the lesson that young drivers could get from Mr. Steven’s experience is that, being unable to notice a collision involving your vehicle for whatever reason is enough ground for careless driving offence which will result to three penalty points on your driving licence.