Proper stopping?

What you rest your left foot on!

 

Doesn't it just falls in the right gear when you go slow enough? I don't get why you need to be in neutral coming to a stop. Maybe I've been doing it all wrong

 

If you stick it in neutral and coast to a stop it's a good way to wear brakes quick and also get pushed into and intersection should you be rear ended and out of gear. You will fail any dot test by coasting.

 

Not sure how accurate this is but i was always told you can coast as long as you are in a gear for the most part. So just dont throw the tranny in nuetral and coast. Downshifting didnt come easy for me at first so when exiting off the freeway during my cdl test i went 10th to 8th to 6th then took it down to close to 15 mph and pushed in the clutch about halfway and coasted to the stop while still in 6th gear and the instructer never said a word. That was just about the point the engine would start to lug just a little. Now downshifting is pretty natural and i only use the clutch when i come to a stop. I still dont down shift very much in 5 thru 1 unless im in stop and go traffic but im under 60 thousand pounds full.