You said 270 degrees of vision, you get around 50 degrees of vision
through a mirror, but you still cannot see through your vehicle. You
mentioned a 2" gap to reverse into, why can you not still make use of
your mirrors for this?
Because the cab is on an angle to the trailer. If it weren't there'd be
no problem in the first place.
Lets see now...
You are reversing through a narrow gap with 2" spare, at an angle such
that you cannot see the the tail end of the trailer at all though your
mirrors. We are suggesting three cameras on the trailer, so you can see
down both sides of the trailer and one at the tail. You suggest they
would not allow you to see enough detail to be able to reverse with
that level of accuracy and the display would cause you extra confusion
anyway. There are none so blind as those who want to be.
Re: Newcomer needs direction/advice please ... Learn to reverse a long way back keeping a straight course, just in case you come head to head on a single track road with a driver who never learned to reverse a solo car - it does happen, believe me. ... Keep any weight you put in the caravan as low down as possible, ... Watch out when being overtaken by large vehicles at speed, they can seem to suck the trailer towards them - so be ready for it and of course sudden side winds on some roads. ... Have a good look through the mirror as to how the caravan ought to look with both tyres properly inflated, watch for any change in the level it might be a flat tyre - you don't get much in the way of other warnings about a flat. ... (uk.rec.caravanning)
Re: Newcomer needs direction/advice please ... Learn to reverse a long way back keeping a straight course, just in case you come head to head on a single track road with a driver who never learned to reverse a solo car - it does happen, believe me. ... Keep any weight you put in the caravan as low down as possible, ... Watch out when being overtaken by large vehicles at speed, they can seem to suck the trailer towards them - so be ready for it and of course sudden side winds on some roads. ... Have a good look through the mirror as to how the caravan ought to look with both tyres properly inflated, watch for any change in the level it might be a flat tyre - you don't get much in the way of other warnings about a flat. ... (uk.rec.caravanning)
Re: Most Drivers Dont Know How to Stop ...trailer, I was one of several people on my IAM course who still couldn't get the hang of it and kept nearly jack-knifing the trailer or sending it all over the place - anywhere except in a straight line! ... Maybe I'm just a slow learner or maybe I have a mental block to doing it back-to-front, learning where to switch over from counter-steering to steering the right way, and how much to steer based on what I can see. ... Remember a car with a small trailer is much more difficult to control in reverse than an artic, because they react so much faster to the wheel. ... If I use my mirrors I can see if I start to drift too close to one side or the other but I have to stop and think "so which way do I have to steer to correct this". ... (uk.rec.driving)
Re: Most Drivers Dont Know How to Stop ... From a purely personal point of view, I have self taught myself 95% of what I know generally. ... Even after being taught how to reverse a trailer, I was one of several people on my IAM course who still couldn't get the hang of it and kept nearly jack-knifing the trailer or sending it all over the place - anywhere except in a straight line! ... Maybe I'm just a slow learner or maybe I have a mental block to doing it back-to-front, learning where to switch over from counter-steering to steering the right way, and how much to steer based on what I can see. ... I still find it difficult to reverse using only my mirrors, whereas reversing by looking over my shoulder is much easier when I can see rear and both sides the right way round through the rear/side windows rather than mirror-image of only the left and right sides of car. ... (uk.rec.driving)
Re: Reversing an artic... ... is to watch car drivers try and reverse caravans or even small ...trailers - now size that up to a 45ft solid trailer at night in the ... but easier - much easier than trying the same with a caravan or even worse a car towed small trailer which can so much more quickly go the wrong way. ... (uk.rec.driving)
