turning honda civic engine backwards?

hi there,i have a 2001 1.6L civic with manual gearbox. i have a habit
of leaving it in gear when parked on a slope as additional safety.

one day this week i parked on an exceptionally steep gradient, car
facing upward towards the peak. appartently i hadnt pulled the
handbrake tight enough and as i released the footbrake the car slid
back a foot.the car would slow down every few inches where i assume a
compression stroke was being done.

my car still works fine but i still wonder: does direction of rotation
matter in modern cambelt engines?

thx

 

if the belt is loose, you can skip a cam tooth. but you'd notice if that
had happened.

 

if the belt is loose, you can skip a cam tooth. but you'd notice if that

couldnt this also happen when bump starting a car?


car manufacturers should consider a valid possiblility for a driver to
be driving up a very steep gradient, car stalls and moves back a bit
turning the engine backward for a few rotations till driver brakes the
car.

 

so why don't weld the wheels on then? that would stop them falling off if
we can't assume competent trained technicians do their job properly.