J-turn
Backward driving maneuver
A J-turn is a driving maneuver where a vehicle traveling in reverse is quickly spun 180 degrees to face forward and continue without stopping.
The technique, named for the J-shaped path traced by the wheels, is associated with stunt driving, police pursuits, and evasive tactics: He executed a perfect J-turn to escape the parking lot.
reverse
Turn to opposite
- evasiveAvoiding direct response
- bootleggerIllegal liquor trafficker
- spinRapid rotation around axis
maneuver · handbrake · pursuit · getaway · tactical · steering · acceleration · tires · skid · asphalt
moguls
Bumps or bigwigs
parallel · carving · edge · downhill · powder · stance · poles · traverse · switchback · mountain
- tactical drivingcountersteering, power slide, swerving, hard braking, trail braking
- Driftingdrift, drifting, countersteer, countersteering, counter-steering
J-turnthree-point turn
Multipart directional reversal
K-turn · full stop · parallel parking · parking · handbrake turn
turn, turns, turned, turning, turner, turnable, return, returns, returned