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When do you come upon a STOP SIGN that you're not required to completely stop?
Welcome, Dave.
Practice. That's really what it's all about. You should be downshifting for the entirety of your deceleration while approaching the light. At any given moment you should already be in the gear you need to be in if the light were to suddenly turn green. The only exception to this is when you are within the final trailer length before coming to a complete stop, you can then depress the clutch all the way. Then if the light turned green, yes you would pop in neutral, hit your splitter if needed, and drop into third or fourth depending on your roll.
It gets easier. Just keep practicing.
“Right turn on red after slowing down?”
This can’t be for real… I’m taking the weekend off… I need a break from the latest round of foolery.
OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated
Yes, this. Dave please explain this.
At no time is it okay to do a rolling stop at a stop sign or a red light at an intersection…
When do you come upon a STOP SIGN that you're not required to completely stop?
“Right turn on red after slowing down?”
Where did he say that?
OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated
Clearly, or at least I hope so, the mention of the stop sign was a simple mistake while trying to explain his question.
I hope so too… but clearly he said;
I don’t want to stop and reset.
Stated after the rolling stop reference…
Clearly, or at least I hope so, the mention of the stop sign was a simple mistake while trying to explain his question.
G-Town says:
“Right turn on red after slowing down?”
This can’t be for real… I’m taking the weekend off… I need a break from the latest round of foolery.
My failed attempt at an HOS teaching moment regarding Canadian rules falls flat, but BK's post about fueling off duty gets the legs of a gazelle.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated
Welcome, Dave.
Practice. That's really what it's all about. You should be downshifting for the entirety of your deceleration while approaching the light. At any given moment you should already be in the gear you need to be in if the light were to suddenly turn green. The only exception to this is when you are within the final trailer length before coming to a complete stop, you can then depress the clutch all the way. Then if the light turned green, yes you would pop in neutral, hit your splitter if needed, and drop into third or fourth depending on your roll.
It gets easier. Just keep practicing.
Thanks for the tips. When you are in that situation where you are ready to stop and light turns green and you pop it into neutral...is the mindset just like floating the gears? Rev it and pop it into 3rd or 4th? Or do you use the clutch? Just seems weird because feet are already on brake and clutch.
As far as running stop signs other people were saying, I was just trying to explain some way that people would understand. I don't run them lol However, I do a lot of city driving and it is obviously not all cut and clean like on a CDL test or something. Do what you gotta do.
Thanks again.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
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Hey Everyone,
New trucker here. Been out on my own for less than a month. Drivin' a 10 speed in diff areas from mountains to busy Jersey areas around NYC. Got the double clutching thing down pretty well, been playing around with floating gears here and there. I have no one to train me and no one to ask questions to, I am the only driver at the moment.
Main question is, not sure if I can explain it right. When you are coming to a light or stop sign and don't need to stop all the way but your foot is already down on the clutch and brake, how would you recommend accelerating without coming to a complete stop? I don't want to stop and reset and lose my momentum. I've played around a bit and can sometimes slip it into 3rd or whatever but don't really know what I'm supposed to do. Should I pop it into neutral and try to catch a gear (depending on weight 1st, 2nd, or 3rd)? Or, since your at such a low speed will it slip in without revving the engine and just use the clutch?
While I'm at it, any tips on learning floating the gears? I have just been floating easy ones like 7 to 8, 9 to 10. Strangely enough, I'm finding it easier to downshift while floating than floating the lower gears.
Thanks.
Floating Gears:
An expression used to describe someone who is shifting gears without using the clutch at all. Drivers are taught to "Double Clutch" or press and release the clutch twice for each gear shift. If you're floating gears it means you're simply shifting without using the clutch at all.
Double Clutch:
To engage and then disengage the clutch twice for every gear change.
When double clutching you will push in the clutch, take the gearshift out of gear, release the clutch, press the clutch in again, shift the gearshift into the next gear, then release the clutch.
This is done on standard transmissions which do not have synchronizers in them, like those found in almost all Class A trucks.
Double Clutching:
To engage and then disengage the clutch twice for every gear change.
When double clutching you will push in the clutch, take the gearshift out of gear, release the clutch, press the clutch in again, shift the gearshift into the next gear, then release the clutch.
This is done on standard transmissions which do not have synchronizers in them, like those found in almost all Class A trucks.