Reversing

Exactly, Tracy, and that's why it's essential to perfect the art.  As I said earlier, a motor mover is no help at all if you need to reverse when on the road. Keep trying and you'll get there. Pay attention to your mirrors so you spot the early signs of something going awry and make gentle corrections. Good luck. 

I learnt on one of the club caravan courses (worth doing by the way) and was taught by a chap who trains HGV drivers.

He told me a dead simple way to reverse a caravan.

Use your mirrors.

Which ever mirror the caravan begins to appear in, steer towards that mirror to make it go away.

i have done the course £300 for me and husbund and still carnt get it right

Wow, you surprise me.

All you can do then is practice. A large supermarket car park on a Sunday afternoon might be of some use..

I learnt on one of the club caravan courses (worth doing by the way) and was taught by a chap who trains HGV drivers.

He told me a dead simple way to reverse a caravan.

Use your mirrors.

Which ever mirror the caravan begins to appear in, steer towards that mirror to make it go away.

Fine for straight line reversing 'Fysh' but a lot of people have problems reversing 90 degrees onto a pitch.. It's knowing how far to pull forward, where to place the towcar in the road for that initial steering lock and not to over compensate  while still keeping your line. Afraid mirrors aren't as much use in some circumstances of pitching.

I'm still young and agile enough to be able to turn my head and look behind me 

I agree Dave but for a newcomer, its a good simple way to get started.

Apparently it's how the HGV drivers are taught.

Agree, I'm not knocking it and mirrors would come into there own if needing to reverse on a narrow road, where a gentle side to side motion of the wheel would be used to keep the line.

Tracy, as a general rule, to reverse at an angle on to a pitch first pull as far forward as you think is necessary then go a bit further. With a right hand drive car it is best to reverse to a pitch on your right if possible as you can then see what is happening through the driver's side window as the van turns.

It's not often necessary to reverse in a straight line and, if you look far enough ahead on narrow roads, it is normally possible to stop in a position where vehicles can pass. If it is necessary, as happens sometimes on the narrow roads in our area, you've got good advice from Dave and others regarding use of mirrors.

i have done the course £300 for me and husbund and still carnt get it right

Write your comments here...practice makes perfect im a hgv driver so dont have a problem reversing most people rush it panic put to much lock on .take your time its not a race

Were you taught to reverse using only mirrors?