How to AVOID COASTING when DRIVING
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How to avoid coasting when driving in a manual car. It's a common problem for learner drivers to coast on driving lessons in a manual car. I am hoping that watching this video it will help you to understand what coasting is and how it can be avoided and at the same time make you a safer driver and save you some money.
Great explanation even at 67 hrs of age i have a habit of coasting I'm still learning thanks travis
Coasting is caused by pushing the clutch down too early on the approach to either oncoming parked cars/meeting situations, junctions, left turns, right turns and stopping. By pushing the clutch down too early you will disengage the gears from the engine, this has the effect of letting the car roll freely, so to compensate this you will have to brake more which could be dangerous in certain situations. It will also cause you to have more brake ware than normal which will result in you having to replace brake pads sooner than normal.
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My instructor doesn’t want to do lessons with me cus of costing but he said I’m good just Costing
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People dont use engine breaking. Its not only better for the clutch, it also saves on brake pads/discs. I avoid breaking for roundabouts and junctions as much as I can. They teach people to take roundabouts in 2nd but it's not necessary if nothing is coming. 3rd is perfectly fine unless it's a really small roundabout.
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I doing that quite often, really trying but clutch is like stick to my foot before turning ( feel like more safe with foot brake and clutch down :( ) for example : I’m in 3 gear and need to turn right so I’m changing for 2 gear before turning but my foot stays on clutch till I finish turning.
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Is it considered coasting if I approach a roundabout and try to get into second gear and as I’m about to take my foot off the clutch in 2nd gear i see a car coming and I push it back down and come to a full stop.
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Watching this cuz I failed my test from coasting I never do it I just got a habit when on my test idk why
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Only thing though, say when you're gear 3 and you're going to take let's say the next right, you need to go down to gear 2 right... so at that point, clutch all the way down, change to gear 2 and then lift it back up so you're in the right speed to make the turn (as most turns are done in gear 2). Gear 3 would be too fast for a left or right turn...is this right?
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Thank you because I’m near enough to passing my Test and it’s just I hold the clutch down on corners just incase i need to brake hard and Stall the car. Thank you for your tips x
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See this is what I don’t get, when coming to a stop at a light, putting the clutch in and switching and taking it off is fine until you get to 3rd, second and 1st if you have to stop. Because if you’re constantly braking wouldn’t taking your foot of the clutch be dangerous because downshifting from 3rd to second and you have to keep slowing down you wouldn’t have much time to take your foot of the clutch and depress it because it’s not like you can stop braking. You’ll hit the cars in front of you.
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That's my problem. I do that quite often without realizing...
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Honestly, I used to do this as a learner and it's because my instructor would tell me to do things without the "why". So obviously he'd be asking me to put the clutch down as I approached in order to change gear, but me during my early learning experience just associated approaching turn with putting clutch down because I didn't understand why I was really doing it.
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Quick question. At long queues of traffic or in red lights stopped for ages should I be putting my manual car into neutral? Do People do this. Also does it save car wear and tear on clutch ?
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That is what I am doing cos I feel by doing that I can avoid the car from stalling so many times and the other reason is if street too narrow and lots of cars parking everywhere when I turn into that street I feel like if I press only the brak even though I am on first gear still I feel like losing control it scars the hell out of me, cos I want it to go so slow without stalling all of sudden or scratch their cars, my street is horrible so tight and lots of cars parking every time sometimes I can't park my car near my flat cos I'll be stuck so I park somewhere far away.
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On my driving lessons I didn’t encounter slow moving traffic on a steep down hill. Any tips?
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I was taught to only hold the clutch down before braking when stopping on a steep hill,and if going downhill brake first then clutch,is that correct?
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@ayeshakhadim5301Gracias 🤘🏾
@alyamautI think many people get into the coasting problem because they try to drive at a speed which is too slow for second gear. There is a minimum speed for driving in second gear which means the engine revs fall below stalling revs. If this happens then first is required. Typically new drivers find it hardest to turn left into a narrow street where the corner is sharp and another vehicle is waiting in the street to emerge. .
@keith6400Hi Travis,
Don’t suppose you could do a video on driving through fords/flood water could you? I’ve had many drivers on my channel write their cars off completely & do some serious damage.
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@philrichmond7567Passed my driving test last year, travelled over 10 thousand miles since, but I still coast 🤣
@Kkksh_Nice explanation, Travis!! Students (and loads of drives) tend to press the clutch too soon to prevent the engine from stopping!! It is a really bad habit!!
@SpanishfromtherootsHow can i avoid stalling a automatic, i kidding, but viewers if your automatic car is stalling then you may have a serious issue with your gearbox so get it checked out
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