How to Drive a Manual Car in Traffic - Intermediate - Lesson #4 - Manual transmission smart
Learn the intermediate skills for driving a manual car in traffic. Learn how here - watch the video. SUBSCRIBE TODAY! ► ****** See Topics Below. Introduction 0:03 Prologue 2:-06 Roundabouts 2:22 12:50 Road Speed & Gear 3:50 No Shifting over railway crossing 4:44 Feathering the throttle 7:40 Shifting before turning 9:00 12:15 Hi Pedestrian Area: 9:35 Stalling 10:30 Shifting through intersections 11:00 Judging Gap 5:20 Meeting the gap 6:10 Shifting uphill 12:40 Conclusion 14:31 Question: Do you have any tips for new drivers learning to drive a manual transmission in traffic? 16:54 Salutations 17:06 Air Brakes Explained Simply 17:26 Blooper 17:58 In Lesson #4 of driving a manual car, we move out into traffic and shift the transmission. See lesson 3 for understanding the different speeds attained by the different gears in the vehicle. Every vehicle and every transmission are going to be slightly different. On of the key components to successfully shifting a manual car in traffic is getting into the correct gear for making turns, navigating roundabouts and going around corners. For most passenger vehicles, the correct gear for turning is second. Some vehicles and some turns you will be able to make the turn in third gear. If you are take your road test in a manual car, you cannot shift a gear over a railway crossing. And if you have least bit of doubt about a gap when turning, error on the side of caution and wait for a better gap. See "How to Judge a Safe Gap When Turning Right & Left: ****** When driving in traffic, you're only going to shift to first gear when you come to a complete stop. See the video: ****** Otherwise, you can bring the vehicle to a crawl and it will start again in second gear. This technique is helpful at roundabouts when you are judging gap and slowing to meet the gap at the roundabout. For more information on roundabouts see: ****** When driving a manual car it is inevitable that you are going to stall. When you stall the engine, simply push the clutch in and start the motor quickly. Yes, it is embarrassing to stall the engine, but it's just a fact of driving a manual car - eventually you're going to stall the engine in traffic. It is important the you practice driving around in the different gears. Different vehicles are going to have different cruising speeds in different gears. And for the purpose of a road test, it is important that you have the correct speed - either the posted speed limit or the flow of traffic, whichever is less. Therefore, know that in some vehicles fourth gear might be too high to maintain 50kph (30mph) for the purposes maintaining the correct speed. And after getting the vehicle going in first gear, ensure that you take your foot completely off the clutch before applying the throttle. If you completely release the clutch before stepping on the throttle, this skill will prolong the life of your clutch and avoid costly repairs. Fifth and sixth gears in a passenger vehicle are highway gear, and often not needed in urban areas. We will cover those gears in lesson #6 - forthcoming. Good luck with your driving lessons and learning to drive a manual car. ************************* www.smartdrivetest.com www.facebook.com/smartdrivetest www.twitter.com/smartdrivetest www.instagram.com/smartdrivetest/
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Hi there's smart, drivers Rick with Smart
Drive Test talking to you today about
how to drive a manual transmission - lesson
four. In lesson #1 when we learned where
the friction point was or the biting
point on the clutch was as you bring it
out and the two plates come together and
engage. We gave you exercises for that. In
lesson 2 we combined the clutch with
the throttle and the clutch with the
brake and showed you how to do that. And
then in lesson 3, after getting comfortable
with the friction point and being able
to move the vehicle forward in first and
reverse, which are your two toughest
gears and a manual transmission, in lesson
three we actually got out and
started to shift some gears in a quiet
residential area where you could work on
just shifting the gears. So today what
we're going to do in Lesson four, we're
actually going to get out into traffic
and we're going to drive around and
we're going to show you how to shift in
traffic. Now I had a comment from Val S.
Val S. moved from British Columbia here
to the Netherlands and as I've commented
before in Europe eighty-five percent of
people drive manual transmissions, unlike
North America where eighty-five percent
of people drive automatic transmissions. In Europe
it's reverse. So Val S. is learning how to
drive manual transmission and is looking
forward to Lesson four because she
was having some challenges getting the
vehicle down shifted when she was going
around corners. She was finding that she
was already into the corner before she
was able to get the transmission
downshifted. Now we're going to show you
today how to shift down before you
actually start going around the corner.
Because you want to be in the correct
gear before you go around the corner. So
that's one of the things we're going to
do; the other thing we're going to show
you how to do, is how to shift in traffic,
how to manage your speed, how to control
the speed of the vehicle so that you can
reduce the amount of shifting. And
then we're going to show you how to get
the vehicle downshifted for the purposes
of going around a corner, not for slowing
down, just for getting the correct gear
for going around the corner. So stick
around we'll be right back with that
information.
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I wish my driver's welcome back Rick
with smart drive test talking to you
today about how to drive a manual
transmission lesson for and on the hood
of the truck there is talk to the
carcass a high-tech suck job is to show
you the center of the hood through the
roundabout in second gear slow down and
out of the roundabout and shifting the
third and all the way off the clutch
before you step on the throttle turn
right at the traffic lights
approximately one half block before the
intersection
and we shift down to second shoulder
check cross bicycle lane into the
turning lane preparation for the late to
go green but the light did not go green
so we come to a complete stop at the
stop line shoulder check move forward
nobody there shoulder check again around
the corner shift the second
up to third shoulder check to check
again turning left at the traffic lights
leave it in third gear yes I'm in third
gear we come to a complete stop at the
traffic light clutching and the RPM
drops to a thousand rpm complete stop on
a third back to first gear
and we wait and there's nobody behind us
so we're watching the traffic behind so
to the friction point throttle up to
second turning the corner and accelerate
to third year
fourth gear and again we got to watch
your speed and we go to fourth because
fourth like to go up to 60 kilometers an
hour watch our speed handing the railway
crossing turning right
flowing shifting second off the pedals
around the corner and throttle and up to
third
and preparing to turn right shoulder
checked moving the vehicle to the right
stuff before the stop line thousand rpm
push the clutch in and break back to
first gear out to the friction point a
little bit of throttle moving forward
push the clutch in out of the clutch
throttle and we're not going to shift
because we're going to stop at the
railway crust complete stop in on the
clutch brake Oh to the friction point a
little bit of throttle and scanning the
intersection and we proceed and you
can't shift over railway crossings in
the manual transmission the whole
vehicle all the tires have to be over
the railway cross before you can shift
so we're in third gear the stop is right
here we're going to turn the left at the
stop sign
and we have to come to a complete stop
switch them leaving a third-year stop
before the stop line sex first gear
after we come to a complete stop lots of
traffic on our right here so I'm not
moving forward just yet so i can see
that it's ways clear friction point a
little bit of throttle moving forward
and I could have gone but I hesitated so
we waited for the vehicle if you're then
the least bit doubt on a gap so friction
point throttle and on the clutch second
gear left turn third gear off the
throttle into the turning lane shoulder
check
thousand rpm push question and break to
a stop complete stop back first gear
moving forward I've got the gap meeting
the gap shift to second turning shoulder
checking up to third gear and we have to
watch that fourth year because it like
to grow up to 60 so we're already doing
50 so we just shift to fourth here and
then just don't need to give it any
trouble just kind of pedal to draw a
little bit again the intersection here
no vehicle maintaining our speed
scanning the Creta railway crossing
moving out of the bumps because we had a
hard winter here we've got lots of
bottles after the winter and as well you
will notice that there isn't a whole lot
of traffic today the reasons is there
isn't any traffic is yes because on
Easter Sunday we are shooting a video
prior to going out to the Big H easter
egg hunt so you're thinking about
starting a YouTube channel this is what
you're doing on the holidays shooting a
video
so we came to a complete stop we put the
vehicle back in first gear the traffic
on the other side you can see is turning
our light is just about to turn green
out to the friction point off the brake
on the throttle and control the clutch
shoulder check into the inside lane
right to go on right away shift the
third shoulder check and moving across
after the intersection there was an
intersection there you wanted to do it
after the intersection is possible and
again we're watching our speed in the
fourth year we got a red light we're
just holding back here because no point
accelerating up to the red light and
shifting gears we don't want to work any
harder than we have to
the lights are gone green and we just
maintain our 50 kilometers an hour 30
miles an hour for driving a manual
transmission we have another red light
up there and again we're not hurrying
for that red light either we're just
letting off the throttle we're still in
fourth year and we're at 1500 rpm and
again it's in fourth year we can just
feather the throttle here and it will
take off again this is just a small
4-cylinder 2 litre petrol engine and
it'll just take off again you don't even
have to shift down one of the challenges
that new drivers have is a lot of times
they want to shift too much and they
don't kind of get used to the motor so
you kind of get used to the motor and if
you work the throttle you want to work
the throttle a lot more instead of
shifting gears so we're going to do
right your signal shoulder check and
again we're going to slow down to a
thousand we're going to shift right down
to second gear going to skip to second
stop before the crosswalk because we can
see back to first scanning the crosswalk
and we proceed up to second gear right
away and all the way out on the clutch
after first year all the way out on the
clutch before you step on the throttle
that will prolong the life of your
clutch and if you're having difficulty
getting your gear before the turn start
shifting down sooner your signal
shoulder check in on the clutch with a
thousand rpm second gear we didn't come
to a complete stop so it shifted down to
second gear there instead of going to
first as long as the vehicles moving you
can shift down to second gear in the
vehicle we'll take off up to third
third gear and again this is a high
pedestrian area high pedestrian traffic
there's a lot of seniors housing in the
area right here and if you have those
high pedestrian areas you are justified
in slowing down and not doing the full
speed limit of 50 kilometers an hour so
we're going to turn right here at the
intersection moving into the turning
lane off the throttle down to a thousand
rpm in with the clutch and come to a
complete stop back first year from third
out to the friction point on the
throttle cuz of the clutch in with the
clutch off and the way is clear and we
proceed second gear
third ear and we're going to turn left
here and we have today's streean so
we're going to slow down I'm do a
complete stop shift back to first out in
the friction point and i stalled it
that's embarrassing it happened it
happened so you thought you just got it
going again
second gear third gear and the latest
turn to red here we come to a complete
stop brake complete stop back to first
scan the intersection friction point
throttle control the clutch second here
contrary to some people believe that you
can't shift gears through an
intersection you have to be able to
shift gears through an intersection if
you don't shift gears through an
intersection you're not going to get the
vehicle going very fast and you will not
succeed on your road test because
examiner's want to see you getting up to
speed as quickly as possible up to the
posted speed limit without actually
exceeding the speed limit so but you do
have to be expedient and getting the
vehicle up to the posted speed limit as
quickly as possible okay coming up to
the intersection we're in fourth gear
coming to a stop bringing a speedometer
down the tachometer down to a thousand
rpms complete stop and back first you've
got a gap forward shift to second into
the lane
and we're going to stay in this Lane
because we're turning left up here up to
350 kilometers an hour and fourth gear
nice and easy on the throttle if you
want to maintain 50 kilometers an hour
you'll have to figure that out in your
own vehicle about how fast it goes
through forth to maintain 50 kilometers
an hour 30 miles an hour in the city
okay we have a green light we're going
to come up and put the front tires on
the front crosswalk line that way we're
in the intersection we're committed to
the intersection but we're not in the
intersection okay watching the light
meaning the gap back in and turning the
corner
up to third year and we're accelerating
more because we're going uphill so we
need some more rpms to shift the gear
and it'll take that gear we're coming up
to around about we're going to turn
right at the roundabout great signal
we're slowing down and we're just
letting the hill allow us and slow down
and the car coming into the roundabout
for going to shift down to second to
slow down second gear you can come
almost to a complete stop in second gear
long as the vehicle still moving up to
third gear all the way off the clutch
stuff on the throttle and go left at the
center so that this roundabout
signal on there's a car coming into the
roundabout we shipped down to second we
don't have to stop we just slow down and
go in behind that vehicle we're going
all the way left and again if you want
to know more about roundabouts look at
the video on roundabouts I'll put a card
up in the corner for you on roundabouts
and that will show you how to do
roundabout or shifted up to third
and again we're going uphill and we're
speeding here through those 50 so we
just want to leave it in third because
we're on a hill here we have to
accelerate too much for fourth so you'll
have like it that you also determine
that in your own vehicle because every
vehicle slightly different it's not
going to be the same third and fourth as
it is in this one so 50 kilometers an
hour turn right at the intersection
letting the vehicle slow down by itself
shifting down to second shoulder
checking and around the corner and bring
the 30 kilometer an hour zone so we just
go nice and easy through the 30
kilometer an hour zone and that's how
you shift in traffic at traffic lights
quick review of driving manual
transmission in traffic make sure you
look at lessons one through three before
you start driving around in traffic
lesson one is finding the friction point
or the biting point where the two clutch
plates come together get friction enough
to grab and the vehicle starts to move
forward we teach you how to find that in
the vehicle exercises to do that and to
master first and reverse those are your
two toughest gears in the second lesson
we went over combining the clutch with
the throttle and the clutch with the
break and then in the third lesson we
showed you how to drive around a quiet
residential area and shift gears first
second third and fourth and today we
actually went out in traffic and we're
showing you how to do turns and how to
shift the transmission for turns and
foremost passenger vehicles petrol
engines and diesel engines you're going
to be in second gear to go around the
corner now you have to get down to
second gear before you get to the corner
and as we said if you're making the
transition from an automatic
transmission to a manual transmission
you're going to find you can't come
right up on the corner and then try and
downshift because you need a bit of time
to be able to downshift so a block to a
block and a half before the turn that
you want to make you want to get your
gear which is second gear and then sort
of creep up to the corner if you're that
far away that you need to do that
probably in the beginning when you're
not fluid at it or efficient it's going
to take you a little bit longer so you
need to start sooner downshifting so
that when you get to the corner you've
got time to be able to do those
exercises and get around the corner so
as well just know how fast it is play
around with the different speeds in the
different gears and know how fast it is
as you saw in the video today when I was
in fourth gear if I wasn't watching what
I was doing I was well above 30 miles an
hour 50 kilometers an hour I was well
into 60 kilometers an hour 40 miles an
hour and if you're on a road test you
can't do that so know that third is
going to be your best gear 450 and if
you go to force 450 kilometers an hour
you're going to have to really feather
the throttle and just get a sense of how
fast it goes in every gear that's the
other purpose of driving around in
traffic and by this point you should be
fairly efficient with driving the manual
transmission and fairly comfortable in
the next lesson we're going to go over
hill starts that'll be lesson number
five and then unless the number six will
show you some advanced techniques of
being able to skip gears and those types
of things question for my smart drivers
do you have any tips for driving a
manual transmission in traffic leave a
comment down in the comment section
there all of that helps out the new
drivers learning how to drive a manual
transmission I'm Rick with smart drive
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