Backing your vehicle — Hawaii Permit Test

When backing, turn around and look to the rear; do not rely on the rear-view mirrors, whose view is too small for the job.

A child on a tricycle right behind the bumper never shows up in a small mirror.

Turn around and look to the rear; do not rely on rear-view mirrors.

If you cannot see to the rear when backing, have someone outside the vehicle guide you.

Backing blind into a space you cannot see is how drivers hit posts, cars and people.

If you cannot see to the rear, have someone outside of the vehicle guide you.

When you first start to back up, apply the brakes gently to make sure they work properly.

Finding out the brakes are weak only after the car is rolling toward a wall is too late.

When the backing movement is first started, apply the brakes gently to insure proper operation

If you are backing and turning at the same time, watch the front of the vehicle for clearance.

When you back and turn, the front of the car swings wide and can clip a parked car beside you.

Watch the front of the vehicle for clearance if you are backing and turning at the same time.

Avoid backing into traffic: try to park so that you will enter traffic going forward.

Backing out into a street means pulling into moving cars you can barely see.

Try to park the vehicle so that you will enter traffic in a forward direction.

Take extraordinary care when backing in residential areas, because children often play behind and between parked vehicles.

A child crouched behind a parked car is too short to see from the driver's seat.

Exercise extraordinary caution when backing up in residential areas.

When backing up, how should you watch where you are going?

Turn around and look out the rear window. A child on a tricycle right behind the bumper never shows up in a small mirror. State of Hawaii Driver’s Manual, p.64: “Turn around and look to the rear; do not rely on rear-view mirrors.”