Empty road ahead, though a fairly short one. "Pull up along here on the left, please". And after I had, "I'd like you to turn your car round to face the opposite way. Try not to touch the kerbs when you're turning". This manoeuvre is deliberately called Turn in the Road instead of "Three Point Turn" because you can use more than three movements (it has to be in odd multiples, though in order to change direction) and suffer no serious markings for errors. However, more than five and you are not using the controls properly. This will be frowned upon! Do not take your seat belt off, although the law says you can, unless it is really physically beneficial for you to do so. After all, you are only going to reverse a few yards, and there are often problems finding somewhere to stop afterwards, to put it on again. What's more, you might forget, and the examiner would have to remind you - not a matter that would affect your test result, but unsettling for you. If you touch the kerb, and I mean touching not banging, it probably won't matter. Driving on to it will. It is permissible to do this manoeuvre without using the accelerator, using tickover only provided there is no loss of control. This is with a modern car that has an engine management unit (EMU). Without such a unit, it will not be possible.
There was quite a steep camber to the road. Suppose that's why they do it here. I seem to remember they did that if there weren't any hills suitable for a hill start anywhere. Very careful observation here because I was going right across the road. Car barely moving, steering rapidly to full lock, feeding the wheel through my hands, just after the car goes over the top of the camber, moving quicker now, clutch down and control with foot brake to stop gently before running into the kerb ahead. Remembered to steer the other way a turn or two just before stopping. This gets you off on the right track for the next part, and saves room.
Next movement, the reverse part, leave seat belt on, continuing the steering I started just before stopping there, full lock now. Change to steering the other way, as before, and stop. Gracious, we are almost facing the other way already. Not much steering will be needed. Careful look both ways. Oh dear, rolled into kerb behind me. Getting too confident. Wonder if it will fail me? No matter - must keep doing my best, just forget it. I've only gone a few yards, and just wondering if I should pull up at the side when,"Thank you, drive on when you're ready".Getting quite used to that now. Wonder if he gets bored, saying all the same things over and over again all day?
