Backing — Connecticut Permit Test

Never back a vehicle in a travel lane; it is illegal and unsafe, except to parallel park or to perform a three-point or K turn.

Drivers do not expect a car to come toward them, and by the time they realize it is reversing there is no time left.

Never back a vehicle in any travel lane, it is illegal and unsafe to do so, except to parallel park or to perform a three-point or K turn.

If you miss your turn or exit, do not back up; go on to where you can safely turn around.

The mile you save by backing is the mile you spend against the traffic that is still coming.

If you miss your turn or exit, do not back up but go on to where you can safely turn around.

Do not stop in travel lanes for any reason, including confusion, a breakdown or letting out a passenger; keep moving until you can safely pull off the road.

A stopped car in a live lane is the thing nobody is looking for, and it is what the driver behind hits.

Do not stop in travel lanes for any reason (confusion, breakdown, letting out a passenger).

Check behind your vehicle before you get in, because children and small objects cannot be seen from the driver's seat.

A child behind the car is below every window and every mirror. Walking round is the only way to find them.

Check behind your vehicle before you get in. Children or small objects cannot be seen from the driver's seat.

Turn around and look over your right shoulder through the rear window rather than depending on the mirrors, which do not show what is directly behind.

Mirrors flatten distance and miss the space right behind the trunk, which is where a child would be.

Turn around and look over your right shoulder so that you can look directly through the rear window.

Back slowly, because a vehicle is much harder to steer when reversing, and use a person outside the vehicle to help whenever you can.

Reversed steering is reversed at speed too, so a small error becomes a big one much faster than going forward.

Back slowly – your vehicle is much harder to steer when you are backing.

When may a Connecticut driver back up in a travel lane?

To parallel park or perform a three-point turn. Drivers do not expect a car to come toward them, and by the time they realize it is reversing there is no time left. Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.24: “Never back a vehicle in any travel lane, it is illegal and unsafe to do so, except to parallel park or to perform a three-point or K turn.”