The following tips are ways to avoid backing accidents:
- Plan ahead or back in to avoid backing wherever possible selecting easy exit parking locations where backing will not be necessary. If backing is necessary back in when you arrive, rather than when you are ready to leave, at which time you may be distracted in route to another call.
- Roll down your window so you can clearly hear any warning or noises.
- Back slowly (at idle speed) and cover the brake and sound your horn as a warning when appropriate.
- Walk around the back of your vehicle before backing looking
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