The phrase "drove in reverse" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing the action of operating a vehicle in the reverse gear.
Example: "To avoid the obstacle, she quickly drove in reverse to find a clearer path."
Alternatives: "backed up" or "reversed the car."
He said his engine knocked when he drove in reverse.
Shortly after that, he drove in reverse and struck a tree.
When the off-duty officer spotted the 1993 Mazda backing down North Glendale Avenue, Gukasyan had his right arm on the passenger seat with his head turned, looking over his shoulder as he drove in reverse, according to police reports.
Police say Garcia drove in reverse for approximately 200 feet, then put the car in drive and continued another 200 feet with her son on the hood, according to local news station WFLA.
And in fact, I largely did -- even when I hit the pole in the parking garage as I drove in reverse uphill with a kid about to go pee and drivers honking and my husband yelling into the phone about my online shopping and my credit card not working because someone who I don't know tried to buy gas in a station in a gang-infested neighborhood.
It could be celebrated with a motorcade of sport utility vehicles -- driven in reverse, of course.
Because we did not need our car to drive in reverse, a half H-Bridge was sufficient to control the rear motor.
The howitzer is too big to make a turn inside the building, so Doug pulls forward about 200 feet, then drives in reverse about 200 feet.
Much of what she describes as feminine seemed ludicrously romanticized or frivolous to me: sunbathing, not being able to drive in reverse.
The expert witness, Myron J. Lofgren, concluded in his report that she had driven in reverse for 83 feet in the direction of the bystanders and that "there was no brake application by Ms. Grubman to the Mercedes".
All sound stimuli were presented through a ½" condenser microphone driven in reverse as a speaker (Bruel and Kjaer, type 4134).
