Why Driving Backwards Is So Hard

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The difficulty of driving backwards has almost nothing to do with the direction you’re facing and everything to do with the fact that you steer using the front wheels.
When driving forwards, a car goes in the direction the front wheels are pointed. And when driving backwards, the car goes where the back wheels are pointed.
Simple!
But the difference is that going forwards, the direction of travel is determined by the same wheels you steer with, so you just point them where you want to go, and that’s where you go, the back wheels follow...