On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:38:06 +0100, Tony Dragon
btinternet.com> wrote:

That was the spec. for that manouver, perhaps with some reference to
without touching the kerbs.

However during the test the car has to be kept under control at all
times, the definition of "under control" being extended to mean that
it should either be being driven forwards in gear, or driven in
reverse in gear or stationary with the handbrake on.

This changes a simple proceadure of turning the car round into a great
quasi-religous ceremony that takes so long that nowadays the traffic
would be bearing down upon you from both directions well before you
were half way through it.

Derek