Driving an automatic on icy roads and taking off on hills?

I am not sure about your truck, but with my old automatic I was able to select and hold a gear, preventing it from up and downshifting

 

Same, what truck is it @OldeSkool?

 

Can you in YOUR truck cause the truck to shift up or shift down by moving a lever in some manner. Can you make the automatic to enter a manual mode. MOST trucks have a switch for auto & manual but many of those switches are disabled and cannot be used. Lost of new drivers don't know and don't try. I don't know EXACTLY what is your situation. So I'm just asking about your situation, not accusing you.

 

What kind of truck and what year?

 

ONE model of Volvo was the only 1 of 2 trucks I had that I couldn't manually force an upshift or downshift when needed.

 

My manual only works when it wants to. Also.

As for taking off on hills. Mine won't do it on wet roads. It just spins out. All 4 tires. When it's empty.

When it's loaded. It just kills the engine. But if it manages to not kill the engine. It crawls. Gas pedal does absolutely nothing.

Autos need to be banned. They have no place for commercial use.

 

And then it sits there smoking a cigarette before it takes off.

The frustrations of driving an auto.

 

They are irreplacable for drivers that have "no place for commercial use"

Any machine that overrides the operator is possibly dangerous. And possibly designed by vindictive weeny washers