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Section 18: Restrictions on driving backwards (in reverse direction)

Motor Vehicles (Driving) Regulations, 2017.Central Regulations · 1988

(1) No driver of a motor vehicle shall drive the vehicle backwards (in the reverse direction) on a road or in a parking or any other public place:

Provided that the driver shall while driving backwards ensure that the backward movement of the vehicle does not in any manner endanger the safety of, or cause undue inconvenience to, the other road users and that such reverse movement is for a distance and duration that may be reasonably necessary to turn around the vehicle.

(2) No motor vehicle shall be driven on to a public road in the reverse direction.

(3) No motor vehicle shall be driven backwards into a road designated as “ONE WAY”.

Where this provision sits

ActMotor Vehicles (Driving) Regulations, 2017.
Section18
Marginal noteRestrictions on driving backwards (in reverse direction)
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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