oh yeah forgot to say
no to number 1 a very dangerous situation could be created, and it would create another failure mode for an already complex machine, just pull reverse---simple
and I didn't mean 'slow to port' port = left i meant slow for approach to harbor
more nautical /aeronautical stuff
port, starboard, astern, fore, aft, keel, rudder, approach, pilot, abeam [I think], ships passing to the right, navigation lights, very similar computers for wind, time/distance/speed problems, gyrocompasses, drift, docking, there must be more...