Driver controlled side-to-side movable vehicle hitch for trailer backing

A side-to-side movable hitch that includes a driver controlled 3-position "joy stick" or hand switch provides an enhanced pivoting point in order to steer a backing trailer. The movable hitch generally resembles current hitches on automobiles, trucks, and other over the road motor vehicles except that the instant invention includes a motor operated movable trailer attachment to steer the trailer while backing. The movable hitch will reduce or eliminate the need for drivers to pull ahead in order to reorient the direction of a backing trailer that has veered from the driver's intended backing direction. Options are described for the driver to view the hitch location by a display on a mirror. Also, a self-centering feature of the hitch engages when the vehicle is proceeding at greater than about 2 miles an hour in forward motion.