Hey, just a quick question. New driver here in school. In the yard in first gear was taught to put clutch in and then use brake to stop. Same with going reverse. No waiting for tension or anything just take foot off brake and then let clutch out to go (and put feet on floor).
On road starting off in 3rd would do the whole ease off the clutch till feel tension then let off brake then let off clutch slowly and give gas. Stopping in 3rd use brake pedal first then clutch when almost stopped (different than yard).
My question is, say I need to move up just a little bit, in traffic or at a light or from wherever from a full stop. If it is real quick and I have to stop again in a very short distance can I still put the clutch in first then use the brake like in the yard even though I'm in 3rd (or 2, 4, 5th...does it matter)? Was concerned if I hit brake first and am barely moving it could stall before I was able to push clutch in. Thanks.
Stopping using clutch
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Acedup, May 28, 2022.
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Just don't move in small increments. Hold back till there's room worthwhile to move on.
In a few weeks of actual driving you'll have some experience and this will not be an issue. -
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Clutch then brake. You'll have time.
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Rpm lower than idle+ brake while the clutch is out is how you get that jerking. That truck wants to stay at its base idle rpm and your telling it to stop. At a slow speed like 1st gear (or 2nd or 3rd) top idle speed for those gears would be Gear x 2…(3rd gear clutch out essentially your idling at 6mph no throttle).. the Lower the gear the less throttle it takes to move through the tachometer or lower gears just have a lower range speed and tachometer wise..so if you are at the top of a gear you can brake down to a slower speed then push the clutch in at the bottom of a gear… 1st gear. Will alway be a clutch first situation. 2nd and 3rd will often be that way too… the better you get at shifting you’ll mainly use the clutch to only come to a complete stop or take off… hope it helps
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