In school. will be getting on the freeway :/

Sorry for being nasty, but who in the heck told you it was illegal?

It is not, there is no law that says you can't coast out of gear.

I hate these idiots who are lying to students.

 

Like 95% of the time I just shift to neutral and hit the brakes to come to a stop. Way too much City driving to be clutching all the time at lights lol

 

The CDL manual does state you are not to be out of gear for a certain period of time, so that is the way instructors teach students so they will pass their cdl driving exam. Just like double clutching is required to pass the cdl driving test. Once you get your license, these rules are not followed or enforced.

I have never heard of a driver getting a ticket for not double clutching, but student drivers have been failed for not being able to double clutch. Same with being in neutral too long. Examiners will fail student drivers for being in neutral too long.

When I was driving 80,000 loads of grain with a cat 13 engine with no engine brake, I learned to float gears as I was constantly shifting. And I would go to neutral so I could brake for stop signs on downhills. Being in the high range and down hill to a stop sign you have more control than being in a gear trying to downshift where the engine will not hold the load.

These two rules are for students only, so they can pass their driving test.

 

You have to learn to double clutch for the cdl test and the test a company will give you. Might get lucky and have a person that doesn't care if you float

As far as the downshifting it gets easier with practice. Learn what speed matched the gear. They taught us to add the numbers.

45 to 9
35 to 8
25 to 7
15 to 6
Downshift on high side(don't destroy engine be reasonable)
Upshift as low as you can get it

And what do you mean 8 on tach?

 

You mean 800, aside from that, 8 seems low my 10 will start lugging around 950, dragging it all the way down seems excessive.. jmo