When the driver of a vehicle does a three-point turn, he or she turns the vehicle by driving forwards in a curve, then backwards in a curve, and then forwards in a curve.
three-point turn in British English
noun
a turn reversing the direction of motion of a motor vehicle using forward and reverse gears alternately, and completed after only three movements
Examples of 'three-point turn' in a sentence
three-point turn
AN ancient monument as old as Stonehenge has been flattened by a blundering driver doing a three-point turn.