When the manual transmission model wants to brake at low speed, is it okay to step on the clutch first? I saw some people on the Internet say that it is taboo to step on the clutch before braking, and this operation will increase potential safety hazards. I drove a manual transmission for 9 years before I heard this statement, whether this operation works? Is there a problem? Today I will explain to you clearly at one time, like the collection, and dry goods.
First of all, let's talk about when you need to brake, not to step on the clutch first, otherwise it may increase the safety hazard. Under normal circumstances, the clutch on the manual transmission model, its main role is to serve our shift, when you do not step on the clutch, the engine and the gearbox are rigidly connected together, if you want to shift gears, the gear lever can not get out of the original gear you can't hang into the gear you want to hang. But after adding a clutch, you press the clutch, the connection between the engine and the gearbox is disconnected, the gearbox is essentially in neutral mode, you can easily take off the gear, shift to another gear, release the clutch and connect them again, you can achieve such a shift operation.
The operation of stepping on the clutch itself has nothing to do with whether we step on the brakes or not, it is two independent operations that do not affect each other. But in some cases, if you step on the clutch first, it does add a certain safety hazard. But it doesn't mean that you step on the clutch before you step on the brakes, it belongs to the so-called taboo on the Internet, there are not so many taboos, even if you step on the clutch first it will increase the safety hazards, it is also likely to increase, whether there will be a problem depends mainly on the actual situation and the driver's operation.
For example, when driving at high speeds, when the engine and gearbox are connected together, as soon as you drop the accelerator, there will be a reaction force between the gearbox and the engine to cause the vehicle to slow down. You'll notice that when you are in gear, the speed of the car decreases significantly when you drop the throttle, and when you put it in neutral and then dismount the throttle, the speed of the car decreases more slowly. The reason why everyone says that stepping on the clutch before stepping on the brake is taboo is that after you step on the clutch, the vehicle becomes neutral, then you step on the brake, without the auxiliary deceleration of the engine and gearbox, the braking distance will become longer, if it is an emergency, you step on the clutch first and then step on the brake, it may be too late, and it will be rear-ended. But there are no absolutes in everything, and you won't be able to flexibly grasp the time to step on the clutch when using a car in the city, which is the danger.
Every time I talk about how to step on the clutch, I have to tell you about the situation of using a car in the city, when we use the car in the city, our speed is relatively slow, when the driving school practices the car in the driving school, we all know the characteristics of the manual transmission model, even if you are hanging in first gear, after its speed is low to a certain extent, you step on the brake and you don't step on the clutch, and you don't hang the neutral gear, then it will suffocate the flame. When we use the car in the city, you can't always step on the clutch and hang neutral, and then release the clutch and then apply the brakes. Isn't it very troublesome to operate like this? Then wait a minute, the traffic jam in front of you only stops for a second or two and then you have to go forward, do you step on the clutch and hang up the first gear and loosen the clutch to go? In this case, you really can't drive this car.
Therefore, when we use the slow speed of the car in the city, we must flexibly use this clutch to minimize the frequency of our gear shifts. For example, when I drive in the city, I usually use the clutch semi-linkage to drive when I hang one gear or two gears, and as long as I don't stop for a long time in this process, I won't hang it into neutral gear. In this case, you step on the clutch before applying the brakes, which will help us drive safely. Why?
Because when we are in the urban area, there are many people and cars, the road conditions are more complicated, there are many people and many cars, some friends will be nervous when driving, in case you step on the brakes when you step on the accelerator as a brake, if you do not step on the clutch, the vehicle will run out, hit someone and everything will be over, right? But I first step on the clutch before braking to the end, one can prevent the vehicle from stalling, and the other is that even if you step on the wrong accelerator, the vehicle will not lose control, at most the engine will be noisy, the sound is relatively loud. Wouldn't it be safer?
Therefore, it is not a big taboo to step on the clutch before stepping on the brakes, let's score the situation, stepping on the clutch before stepping on the brakes at high speeds, it will indeed extend the braking distance, but it does not mean that there will be problems. When using a car in the city, if you step on the clutch before stepping on the brake, it is more conducive to our safe driving and can avoid the dangerous situation that occurs after the accelerator is braked. If you think what I said is useful, don't forget to like and collect it, I hope my explanation can help you.