Few problems with moving off. Need suggestion.

arleitiss

Hey, I have noticed I have rapidly improved by now, I can drive long distances, last time with my EDT I got to drive myself home already, next time he said I will probably drive from home to peripherals and back, I am on EDT 4 now.

But my problem is:
Mostly in stress situations (like when where is traffic behind me) on traffic lights when it goes green I start to bring clutch to biting point and stalling car then I got into a bit of stress and try to start it up as fast as possible, so I was wondering any suggestions how to avoid this? Is it just something I need to get used to?

Alanstrainor

The more you practise it the less stressed you'll get.

Being able to cope with stressful situations is a skill worth learning, you've got to just try and not be phased by it when you stall. Just take your time and ignore any gob****es behind you.

This is something that every learner deals with, you'll be grand:)

DaveyDriving

Agree with previous post but best way to help yourself is to anticipate situations better, then you can prepare earlier and this takes the panic out of trying to do stuff quicker than you would like to. At lights don't wait for light to go green before getting biting point, watch the lights on other roads try to judge when yor light will be changing and get your biting point maybe 5-10 secs before they change that way you just have to release handbrake and clutch and hopefully move off without stalling and not too much delay. Once you start. Feeling pressure from other drivers you will immediately start. To make mistakes. Hope this helps.

Nyum Nyum

I get on the accelerator a bit first before letting the clutch out. Since I've done that I've never stalled. It's practice, practice, practice. You don't want to be revving the arse off the engine, just try giving it a little bit and then move on to letting the clutch out. I used to practice all the time going up and down the street just stopping and starting.

Good luck

partyatmygaff

It's all muscle memory really. Just keep the accelerator very lightly depressed when you're taking off to avoid stalling.

Carsinian Thau

arleitiss wrote: »

Mostly in stress situations (like when where is traffic behind me) on traffic lights when it goes green I start to bring clutch to biting point and stalling car then I got into a bit of stress and try to start it up as fast as possible, so I was wondering any suggestions how to avoid this? Is it just something I need to get used to?

If it helps, only someone unreasonable is going to make a fuss over taking a little time to move off.

At various stages during errands today I was behind three learner drivers. ALL of them took a while to move off and that's fine. We (although I haven't really been driving very long myself) get that it's new and if you keep on practising, by the time you reach your test, you'll be grand and just the same as everyone else.

Nyum Nyum wrote: »

I get on the accelerator a bit first before letting the clutch out.

This really does help btw.

Good luck!

arleitiss

Thanks. Well I suppose it makes sense, Gotta take some embarrassment to earn nice skill and reward.

DriversEd

just another point to remember. a lot of people stall in this situation, so don't let it become a monkey on your back, if ya get me?!!
but just do as you would normally, remember, if you've the biting point and a bit of gas, all you have to do is let your handbrake off, and the car will move easily, and as you begin to move, release the clutch full and drive on smoothly.
often people get stressed and try to do it quickly, by letting the clutch up to get away, but thats not how you normally do it , is it? just as normal, the spped of taking off will come soon enough, don't worry. it's only a couple of seconds anyway:-)