Driving...

@jodylee (946)
United States
September 17, 2011 7:55pm CST
Is it legal to drive down the road in reverse, as long as your following the direction of traffic?
4 responses
petersum
@petersum (4522)
• United States
18 Sep 11
In most countries that would not be legal because your vehicle would not comply with the lighting regulations. Just as one example, your brake lights would not be visible to the cars behind(?) you! It probably would confuse many cops!
jodylee
@jodylee (946)
• United States
18 Sep 11
Very very nice! The lighting regulations. I wonder if that would be what they would bring you in for. I do imagine they would be confused, which could be kind of fun. I can't imagine actually doing this, but it is fun to think about.
petersum
@petersum (4522)
• United States
18 Sep 11
In world war two, the British equivalent to the Jeep was the Austin Champ. That had a five speed gearbox (well ahead of it's time) and a forward/reverse lever. I drove one of these once, and I can confirm that it is possible to do seventy miles an hour BACKWARDS !!!
jodylee
@jodylee (946)
• United States
18 Sep 11
WOW! That is really cool! 70 mph in reverse! I bet you have a lot of really cool stories from that time in your life. I am going to look up the Austin Champ cause I have never heard of it... do you know anything about carboats??? My husband just told me about them but I have never seen one of those either...
tipsyflash
@tipsyflash (581)
• United States
18 Sep 11
Maybe reckless driving, perhaps? I don't know, it seems like it SHOULD be something you can do given you can control your vehicle, but something tells me this is dangerous and thus illegal. Haha, don't forget about the minimum speed limit!
jodylee
@jodylee (946)
• United States
18 Sep 11
Ah, reckless driving, good call. That is the catch all isn't it. Yes, the minimum speed limit, why isn't that posted with the maximum?
hardworkinggurl
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
18 Sep 11
Yes it is illegal here and one would be ticketed here. Driving in reverse would cause any vehicles behind them to crash is what comes to my mind. Plus one really cannot steer properly when going the distance in reverse.
gk655321
@gk655321 (236)
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18 Sep 11
I believe it is illegal and probably would be considered reckless driving.