I forgot a VERY important part of "reverse."
One thing is the right side mirror. The inscription that says "objects are closer than they appear" is really important. If you plan an extended drive in reverse you need to sit and change gaze from one side to the other. The different image sizes are difficult to adjust to and location can be a problem. Bott dots and lane lines help as a guide to staying in your own lane. That mirror deal is tough. The center mirror and the drivers side mirror give a like perspective but the passengers side is a buggar.
Another thing is heat build up. Vesco asked me to take a fire bottle to the 7 mile marker and I started out in reverse. This was a Cadillac Seville. On the way to the Salt I had backed thru a construction zone for 3 miles and had no problem but the speed was only 35. (Flaggers freak out) At 3 miles the engine temp started up and continued to climb. I was only going 50 and I figured it would last. At 3 1/2 miles red lights came on. Shortly after that all the warning lights came on and the car lost it's snot. The efi and ignition were struggling and the CB antenna lost some of it's angle. Speed was reducing and the engine started to knock. I lost my balls and looped it and headed into the air. It took almost 3 miles for the instrument panel to lose it's flashing lights but the old girl settled down and was once again ready to haul blue haired ladies in luxury.
I had another problem with the Caddie. I wanted to remove some insulators from the remaining telephone poles but had no way to reach them. I went to one of the diesel truck crews and borrowed an extension ladder. The only way I could haul it was to put the rear windows down and slide it thru. These windows only went half way down, think luxury car and don't blow the blue hair, so the ladder was supported by glass. I stopped at Vesco's pit to borrow a wrench to remove the insulator mounting bolts. Vesco saw the unique hauling position of the ladder, jumped on the front bumper, ran up the hood, jumped on the roof and used the ladder as a diving board. BLEW BOTH WINDOWS OUT. No problem.
When I took the car back to the rental place in SLC I drove up, removed my luggage and walked in the office. Yes, it's full and here's the mileage. The clerk hollered at the lot lizard. " Hey, get that Cad washed up. There's a client waitin for it." I told him that he would have to take the car out of service because the back windows wouldn't go up. No problem.
FULL COVERAGE was worth it that time.
FREUD