Clutch Control On Steep Hill Starts | Learn to drive: Car control skills

Imagine you’re driving up a hill in a busy town centre and the traffic lights ahead of you turn red. There is traffic all around you and you know you will need to do a hill start. If you drive a car with a manual gearbox you will know that a good technique for hill starts is essential, as it can be embarrassing or even dangerous if they go wrong. In this video, we will show you how to master your clutch control to achieve the perfect hill start without any fear of stalling.

Video chapters:
* 0:00 Introduction
* 1:03 Overview
* 2:21 Hill starts in 3 steps
* 4:40 Extra practice
* 6:53 Summary

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EQUIPMENT:
Car: 2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Camera: GoPro Hero 7, 6 & 5
Computer: Apple Mac Mini 4.1
Software: Final Cut Pro X
Music: Disfigure by Blank

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Thanks for watching - if you found this video interesting then please subscribe to our channel and click the bell to be notified of our next video! This video includes;
* 0:05 Introduction
* 1:03 Overview
* 2:21 Hill starts in 3 steps
* 4:40 Extra practice
* 6:53 Summary

[vintagetriplex]

It may sound silly but seing someone shifting gears in a manual car have always been satisfying to me. Lol.

[Jahmed]

I’d be more bothered about doing something dangerous than being embarrassed

[fathiyyarefky]

The car stalled twice yesterday. This hill is so smooth in comparison to the rocky and dusty ones we have in Egypt. That was really a frightening experience !

[franticstorm]

Back in the day, my instructor had a neat little persuader to ensure you got this one right first time. He would take ones wristwatch from you and place it behind the rear wheel.

[sarahcallaghan]

I have a fear of stalling uphills using clutch control not using handbrake so I'll continue watching this and also i need to be a bit more confident with roundabouts but my teacher said well done overall I'm doing ok since these thanks alot to you both. I'll keep watching this and entering roundabouts

[barrymacneill]

Good video, just about practice, it’s the fear (rolling back), that gets you, but in time that will go

[designermakes]

Thank you so much! I had a mock yesterday and really messed up on the hill, this video really helped!

[Rainbowofthefallen]

Thanks for sharing these videos as they are super helpful 👍

[xq]

Its weird how in Europe where the roads are more unpredictable small hilly and hazardous people drive manuals but in American where all the roads are huge and spacious no one drives them.

[youngdopekings]

Thanks for the video soo useful m. Without your videos my driving instructor would have been useless . I don’t know if I should pay him or you guys.

[Megan-tgbe]

Found this really helpful thank you so much!!

[Foodlovers]

I passed my test yesterday for
second time
Your videos helped me. I watched most of them
Thank you so much.you guys doing a great work 👏🏻

[dominicfong]

Now let's have a fully laden vehicle sitting on a really steep hill on a rainy day, a tailgater nudging on your boot; and a series of STOP sign every 100 yards.

[mohammeda]

For me it’s not the fear of stalling on a hill it’s rolling back on a hill. I usually don’t stall on a hill but usually roll back even by a tiny amount or a big amount. I’ve been trying to master this technique when using in the hill.

Plus a good tip is lift the handbrake even more than needed compared to a normal gradient allowing the parking brake to hold on. I used to bring the handbrake till I could hear one or two clicks but my car rolls back so I have to pull it even more so that I can be stationary on hills and allow me to get the biting point and gas quickly.

Usually, it’s the biting point where I have not been getting on a hills which causes me to roll back.

[igandee]

Hello thankyou for all your tips and advice, passed today and your videos contributed too that pass for certain.Regards.

[steviemac]

Thanks. I passed my test a while ago but I'm not confident on hill starts after having a big problem once on a steep hill and it's been my biggest mental block to driving. I haven't been giving it much gas before taking my foot off the clutch. I tend to go more clutch first. It generally works but it always feels kind of touch and go. I'm gonna try this. I wish I was made more aware of this issue of what revs you start from on my lessons.

[Aaron-rrgs]

A Fiesta ST for a driving school car? Interesting choice

[neruzlama]

Please make a video in steep hill with busy traffic

[lewisfarbridge]

Thanks fot your videos I past my test the other day first time no minors!