A NORMAL Fiat has been modified to allow the driver to travel BACKWARDS. The unusual transformation by Harpeet Devin is an eye-catching alteration on the roads of Bhatinda, India. The vehicle has four gears to drive in reverse and just one to go forwards. He has even fitted an ambulance siren to alert other drivers and pedestrians and added headlights to the rear of his car.
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00:00COMM COMM
00:04COMM COMM
00:05Harpeet Devi has found a unique way of making his driving stand out. He travels everywhere
00:10in reverse.
00:11HARPEET DEVI
00:14I wanted to do something new, so I started doing reverse driving.
00:27COMM
00:28Harpeet's unusual style behind the wheel has been a regular sight on the roads of Bhatinda
00:33in the Indian state of Punjab since 2003.
00:37He's modified his car, a Fiat Padmini, so that it now has four gears for reverse and
00:43only one going forwards, allowing him to drive backwards at speeds of up to 50 miles per
00:48hour.
00:49However, the reason he started driving in reverse in the first place was out of necessity
00:54rather than choice.
00:56HARPEET DEVI
01:21After years of reversing, he now feels he's a safer driver going backwards than he is
01:26going forwards, and has been granted special permission by the state government to allow
01:32him to continue with his unusual style.
01:35To ensure safety, he's fitted an ambulance siren to alert other drivers and pedestrians
01:41to the fact that he's reversing.
01:45Crucially, he's also added headlights to the rear of his car.
01:50And while driving like this has brought him fame, it's also had an adverse effect on his
01:54health, as he now suffers from back and neck problems.