Free independent learning reference with original examples. Not official exam questions or personalized legal advice. Follow current provincial rules, signs and authorized directions.
Practise parking and backing →Check both safety and interference
The rule has two parts. Ask whether the movement is reasonably safe, then whether it interferes with other traffic. A slow reversing speed does not automatically answer either question if someone is passing behind or the view is blocked.
This applies to the decision to reverse, not just the final position of the car. The driver needs to assess the space the vehicle will move through. Being partly out of a driveway is not a reason to keep moving into a developing conflict.
Source: New Brunswick Motor Vehicle Act — §198 ↗Treat limited visibility as missing information
A reversing camera can contribute information, but one view does not describe every area around a vehicle. Check the surroundings and keep observing during the movement. If a person or vehicle enters the intended path, stop and reassess.
These observation steps are practical study advice applying the section’s safety requirement; section 198 does not prescribe one universal mirror-camera sequence. Do not claim the Act makes a particular accessory a substitute for checking the situation.
Source: New Brunswick Motor Vehicle Act — §198 ↗Find the missing condition in the proposed move
Original worked cases
A van blocks the view from a driveway. The driver cannot see whether a cyclist is approaching. “I looked in the camera” does not resolve the unseen approach; the movement needs reassessment.
A car is leaving a parking space as a pedestrian walks behind it. Even at walking speed, continuing would create a conflict. The driver stops instead of treating low speed as sufficient safety.
A driver has reversed partway out when another vehicle approaches. Completing the original plan is not automatically justified. The driver checks whether continuing would interfere and avoids forcing the other road user to react.
Explain what would change your decision
For a practice answer, identify the information that is missing or the path that is occupied. Avoid conclusions based only on entitlement to use a driveway or on having begun the manoeuvre. The same safety requirement matters throughout the movement.
The linked parking, right-of-way and hazard questions remain free. These are original examples of applying section 198, not an official road-test scoring checklist or a complete description of every private-property rule.
Source: New Brunswick Motor Vehicle Act — §198 ↗