| Reasons and Circumstances of the Reversing Manoeuvre |
Number of Cases (and Percentage) |
Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| a) Vehicle reversing to leave/enter a parking space | 24 | (39%) | (in streets: 16 cases; in car parks: 8 cases) (to leave/enter a space: 18 cases/6 cases) |
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b) Vehicle reversing into a perpendicular street to reach a parking space or to deliver goods |
9 | (15%) | (to reach a parking space: 6 cases; to deliver goods: 3 cases) |
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c) Vehicle reversing down a narrow street or cul-de-sac to reach the main street |
7 | (11%) | (after delivering goods: 5 cases) |
| d) Vehicle reversing down a street to reach a given point (shop, place of residence, parking space) | 4 | (7%) | – |
| e) Vehicle reversing to leave a car park or a driveway | 3 | (5%) | |
| f) Vehicle reversing to make a U-turn | 3 | (5%) | (in streets: 2 cases; in car parks: 1 case) |
| g) Vehicle reversing for a road-related work activity | 3 | (5%) | (street cleaning: 1 case; breakdown truck approaching to load a car: 2 cases) |
| h) Miscellaneous | 6 | (10%) | (in streets: 3 cases; in car parks: 3 cases) |
| i) Vehicle reversing for an unknown reason | 2 | (3%) | (in streets) |
| Total | 61 | (100%) | |