This video is for new drivers who are learning in a manual car. Today we're going to have a
look at how to creep forward really slowly, stopping and then creeping forward again.
Knowing how to make the car creep at slow speeds is really important. For example when you drive
in slow stop start traffic or when you want to creep forward for a better view at a junction.
Okay let's get ready to move off. Clutch down, first gear.
A little gas. Revs roughly between one to one and a half, but it doesn't have to be precise. This
will help the car not stall. Now it's important to get used to where the biting point is in your car.
Slowly raise the clutch until you find it. You know when you've got it as the back of
the car will dip down, the front raises slightly and the engine sound will change
but don't release the clutch too much or it can overpower the parking brake and the car will
move when you don't want it to or stall. You just want to feel the back of the car dipped slightly.
The car now wants to move. Check mirrors, blind spot, no one around to benefit from a signal.
Release the parking brake. Feet still.
To move slower, I'll lower the clutch down about a pound coin thickness.
To speed up slightly I'll raise the clutch again about pound coin thickness.
To creep forward, gas and biting point. Lower the clutch a little to slow down or
raise it slightly to move more. Off gas, clutch down and brake to stop.
Don't forget that when you're creeping forward with the biting point that pressing a gas helps
the car not stall but it doesn't affect the speed, as you can see. So don't be afraid to use it.
Between 0 to roughly 5 miles per hour, the clutch is in control of the speed.
Releasing the gas pedal and pressing down the clutch makes the car roll
and on this flat road it will gradually come to a stop. To slow down quicker I can also brake with
the clutch fully pressed down. Then to creep, gas and raise the clutch to the biting point.
Raise the clutch with more gas to drive faster than 5 miles per hour.
Holding the biting point longer than necessary can increase wear on the clutch.
I'm just demonstrating how the clutch can affect the speed
but normally you'd only hold the biting point for short periods of time.
Before going out onto busy roads in traffic, practice clutch control
and creeping slowly in a quiet area like this where you can really concentrate on the controls.
This is what you'd do in stop, start traffic.
Don't forget once you've got the biting point you only need to move the clutch very slightly
to affect the speed. Raise it a little to move more, lower it slightly to slow down.
It can be a bit tricky to see at this next junction so to get a better view
I'll have to creep forward. I'll be using the skills that I just showed you.
1st gear, now gas, biting point to creep. Ready to stop but also ready
to go. Leaning forward can help too. Safe to go, more gas, smoothly raising the clutch.
Another junction. It's difficult to see. Gas and holding a biting point. Don't forget the
more you raise the clutch, the faster the car will move off. A common mistake new drivers make
is releasing the clutch too soon which will either make the car zoom forward or stall.
It's tricky to see around this van so I'll have to drive very slowly.
I'll talk you through it. Clutch down, 1st gear, gas, biting point, check mirrors blind spot,
signal, feet steady. Release the parking brake. Big turns, lower the clutch a little to slow down,
raise it slightly to speed up.
Once I'm alongside this van, more gas and smoothly raise the clutch.
Once you feel confident, go out to busier roads. In this other video
which I'll link to in the description below, I'll show you how to drive in traffic uphill
and in this other video I'll show you how to creep out of a junction on a hill.
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