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For the air combat maneuver also known as the "J-Turn", see Herbst maneuver.

A J-Turn is a driving manoeuvre which is basically a 'backwards' U-Turn. It is defined as turning a car through 180 degrees from reversing in a straight line to driving forwards in a straight line.

A driver performing a J-Turn roughly does these steps:

  • Reverse at a speed of around 15 - 30mph
  • Steer hard to the right
  • Stop accelerating and turn the wheel to the left simultaneously
  • Before the car turns a full 180 degrees, put car into 1st gear and accelerate hard

World Record

The narrowest J-Turn was performed in a Ford Escort Estate, in a space measuring 172 cm (67.7 in), by stunt-driver Russ Swift of Darlington, England, at the Zenithhalle, Munich, Germany, on 9 April 1999.

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