But if he had done that in the test he would have buggered it, unless he did shunting before he shouldn’t have bad habits already. I did 3yrs of shunting before getting a licence so other then reversing my trainer had to teach me to pass the test.
Like I said im no saint, when I back up to a trailer unless its backed up to a wall I don’t get out to check the brake I just go under, lift it up and bang it under.