• Question: If a car is going backwards, will its milage go backwards?

    Asked by AbiLovesUnicorns to Adam, Eloise, Iona, Jarrod, Yip on 15 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Iona Strawson

      Iona Strawson answered on 15 Jun 2016:

      No, I don’t think so. In fact, it’s mileage should still go up as the car is still travelling even when going backwards!

    • Photo: Man Hang Yip

      Man Hang Yip answered on 15 Jun 2016:

      No, it is still traveling so the mileage will still go up.

    • Photo: Jarrod Hart

      Jarrod Hart answered on 22 Jun 2016:

      I think they used to in the old days when the speedometer was driven by a physical wire that twisted, so the car in the classic 80’s movie (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) could be wound back, but nowadays, they use a pulse system which does not know the wheel’s direction…

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