Coming to complete stop in a 10 speed

In that situation, that is what you have to do. There will be times when you can’t downshift, and you have to use the brakes to stop asap.

 

I was just using that as an example of some of the emergency situations you find yourself in. I realize proper driving and paying attention to your surroundings eliminates much of that but occasionally it still happens to me

 

if i'm taking a road test for the dmv and in at a red light or stop sign whats can i come out of second are do i have to start in first just to show them i can work all gears.. mind you im making left and right turns..

 

When I took my test the instructor told me just use my common sense and shift how I felt most comfortable. Idk if they would all say that though.

 

Put it in neutral and use your foot brake. The truck will stop.

 

That was my experience also.

I did get "dinged" for keeping my hand on the shifter between gears in the low range when starting out from a stop and going through an intersection...

 

I usually kept the shifter in a particular gear suitable to the speed and terrain that is closing on a light or long green. That way when shes stopping, clutch is in shortly before the brake is in. Hand stays on the shifter setting up the pending situation.

There is another habit I get into called the Jersey crawl. If you are on route one with 30 miles of red lights timed to 38 mph (OR 45 mph which is over speed limit) you learned to be in a lower gear at 10 mph a half block behind the last waiting for green car. That way you kept moving without actually stopping.

That is not used for road tests though.

Sometimes on very steep situations where all you see is sky off a stop sign or red light, when it's time to go you close the trolley handle and it takes a certain time for your trailer brakes to release, just enough time to come your foot off the brake and onto the hammer to start pulling power in your lower gear. Do it quick so she don't roll backwards which is also a ding on your test. Get that clutch closed on quickly and smooth, you don't ride on it in situations like that.

In a automatic, it should follow you down close to a stop. At a certain point you will clutch in and stop. At that point there is a pause while your computer stops the transmission spin and selects a common starting gear. It will click into place ready for you to take off on green with clutch out and brake off and power added.

 

Was told the same thing. Something about not being in complete control of the vehicle.

 

When you do not have power with clutch engaged, the drives have nothing to fall back on via the driveshaft. Sometimes a no traction situation will result if you free wheeled all that weight when you are not supposed to.

It's a older rule, predates most all of us out there on the road today.

 

That's crazy. Seriously before you get your hand to the steering wheel it's time to shift again.