hello lads so this little lesson is going to be a little bit different from most of the ones you'll see online about clutch control this one's gonna mainly revolve around clutch control and traffic and combining that up with standing on a hill if it comes to that too this video is not gonna be mad about how to incorporate it into a driving test really just the actual act of pulling away and stopping every time smoothly in traffic and doing so in a way that doesn't make your sweat buckets and ruin your clutch at the same time this video is mainly tips and tricks to assist the driving you already know it's not the very very basic so if you're unsure how to pull away this might not be the best place to start and there are a couple more videos which I'll link if you want to start at the very beginning traffic and Hill starting is generally one of the biggest fears when it comes to learner drivers especially those newer to driving a manual car and with less of a grasp on clutch control I've also noticed when recording I do a weird Wheatley foot thing with my clutch foot when I've got the clutch in and I'm a bit uncomfortable where it is so you ignore the wiggly foot so I've set this in previous videos and you may already be doing it but I've spoken to so many people who don't when they started learning or didn't put your heel on the floor when you have the clutch at the biting point it's so much easier to be sensitive with the clutch with a point to hold your foot against if your leg is floating in mid-air you have to use so much more muscle and effort to keep it still this made so much difference for me when I was learning and when I first you've got in a car it was just something so simple that no one mentioned to me and made such a big difference when I realized it sometimes you have to make tiny little adjustments with the clutch like you might have released it a little bit too much and you'll need to very gently push it back in keeping Hill on the floor means you build to do tiny little movements like this eventually when you start getting better and may stop you stalling in certain situations the main thing you should focus on when driving in traffic is patience patience with moving off and with the clutch itself so don't rush to move off as soon as the cars in front of you do you can order take your time if you're just following each and every movement of the car in front of you you're going to be doing two more clutch movement and more clutch wear than you need to and it's gonna be more effort than you should really be exerting at that time so that along with rushing to get the clutch up is one of the main things that causes a problem as there's only two outcomes right stalling or a big skid and in traffic you don't want to be doing big skids as you're gonna look like either a nutter or someone who doesn't know what they do a very common question is how much do you need to rev the car to get moving whilst you're in traffic or even when you're on a hill so if you're moving off in traffic on a flat ground at slow pace very little revs are normally needed small engine petrol cars which are most cars in the UK will need a small amount of throttle to help them get along as they're fairly easy to stall slow speeds and low rpms whilst a lot of diesel cars sometimes won't need any power at all to get moving but it will help to have a little bit if you need to move off faster then slightly more revs and very slightly quicker clutch release can be used to fast on the clutch will normally store the car by 99% of your problems when stalling a car will be that you're not just holding the car at the biting point you're just trying to weapon out pretty fast even on a hill though you can get away with fairly low revs think two and a half thousand and under but remember that the lower you go with the revs the longer you should normally have to hold the car at the biting point to start moving in the first place so how close should you get to the person in front of you in traffic well not very really you shouldn't be running up their bumper because even on flat ground people can roll back if they don't notice that their hand breaks off or the hand brakes not working or something like that so give people space and if someone does start rolling back and you're concerned that they're coming too close to your car then a little polite tap on the horn can help you there if you're on a hill is rather than this is amplified because of course people are Hill starting and some people aren't as good as others and sometimes people might have dodgy hand brakes like they would on a flat ground if you're concerned in any way about rolling back or it's something that worries you it's pretty simple to make sure you can avoid just make sure you're keeping the handbrake engaged until you're at the biting point with some power and before if you release the handbrake and aren't at the biting point you're gonna roll back and reacting to this normally ends up with the stool so try and avoid that if he can so if you do actually stall in traffic which handily actually did on camera which is good at least remember to take things at your own pace so you don't rush and stall again if you can hand brake on have your collection or be in neutral and restart the car so take a deep breath try again and if you're on a hill make sure you get straight on the brake a handbrake so you don't roll back into someone who caused an accident that's the main priority really just make sure you brakes on without crashing into the ladder in front of you driving in traffic involves a lot of reading down the road a few cars in front you can get a good idea of when to stop preparing to move off in advance if you look just staring at the cars brake lights in front of you and there is another reason to not ride their bumper - so you don't end up inside of it that leads no still node to the question of when should I put the car in neutral in traffic and this really depends on the situation and it's mainly up to you and how much it left legs aching by this point if you know you'll be stopping for a little while save ten seconds or more feel free to put the car in neutral and take it out of gear and remember the handbrake to make sure that if the cars start moving and your car is out of gear that you don't rush to find a gear and panic to get the biasing point that normally always ends up in the stalls so remember be patient and take your time so what is actually going to damage your clutch Ross you're driving in traffic or in traffic on a hill or anything like that we're going to go over a few of these points the first being riding the clutch now most of you will know what this is it's when you are just touching the clutch very gently whilst you're driving normally and this is gonna put we're on the throw out bearing which even though the actual piece isn't that expensive the labor is going to be so avoid that if you can't use the little rest plate to the left of the clutch if you've got one or just don't put your foot on the clutch when it's not in use that sort of thing so this counts - when you're sitting in traffic you're not moving the cars in gear and you've got the clutch in or even neutral you got the clutch in there's no point holding it in when you just sat there if you're set there for just a couple seconds then you can hold the clutch in that's fine but if you're sat there and you know the traffic's gonna be you know red light for a minute or so it's probably the best though there to pop the car in neutral and just let go the clutch give you a leg arrest that sort of thing so it's two birds in one stone holding the biting point for longer than you should either with high revs or even lower revs for a longer period of time it's just not really needed and it's gonna put a lot of heat and energy through the clutch plates and you're just gonna see him wearing out faster than normal it will get definitely a lot easier the better you get it driving so you can bring the revs down when you're moving off you don't need to rev the car just because you're not that great at the clutch so don't worry about it you will get better over time and if you're pulling away on a hill don't be afraid to use higher revs because it's better that than stalling some instructors might teach you to use the biting point to keep the car still whilst you make your checks before pulling away in the real world this probably isn't something you're gonna want to do that much take that half a second extra to set the revs and get to the biting point with the handbrake on and then ease it off as you pull away don't reuse your clutch there's something to lean on it's not a handbrake and that's what hand brakes are for so in my eyes that's the best way like it might be simpler to use your clutch and just set the binding point and lean on it whilst you make your checks because then you're less likely to probably stall you're less likely to rush but realistically it's gonna take you half a second to a second longer to get to the biting point again so I wouldn't worry too much all right let's thank you everyone for watching the video I really appreciate the support recently thanking the 22 thousand subs I should really do a special yeah I'm still waiting to see if I can do some go-karting and make that into a video so I hope you enjoyed that when that comes out make sure you let me know what videos you'd like to see in the future whether it's vlogs is how-to videos or even like go-karting racing to tourists as ative thing I would Chad you guys dude make sure you drive safe and I've seen the next one thank you [Music]