What are the consequences of shifting into reverse while driving?

[NolanLee]

Shifting into reverse while driving is not allowed. Both manual and automatic transmission vehicles are equipped with a dedicated reverse gear locking mechanism, making it generally impossible to engage reverse while moving forward. If reverse is forcibly engaged, the only possible outcome is that the vehicle will stall and come to a stop. Additional information about vehicle reverse gears is as follows: 1. All modern vehicles are designed with a reverse gear lock, meaning that engaging reverse requires a special operation or meeting certain vehicle conditions, such as the vehicle being completely stopped for a certain period of time. 2. If reverse is engaged while the vehicle is moving forward, either the vehicle will immediately stall, or if it doesn't stall, it will continue moving forward as if in neutral, due to the complete shearing off of the gear teeth involved in the transmission engagement.