I drive a stick. Sometimes I get a honk in that moment when shifting into gear at the light change. People expect the cars to start moving immediately once the light changes.
I try to put it in gear shortly before the light changes, but sometimes the light is long and I don’t want to just ride my clutch while I sit there for a minute or more.
I drive a stick too and I’m conscious about this, but the person behind you should notice that you took your foot off the brakes. I can always tell when the person ahead of me is not paying attention to the traffic light.
I drive a stick. Sometimes I get a honk in that moment when shifting into gear at the light change. People expect the cars to start moving immediately once the light changes.
I also drive a stick, put the car in gear when you get to the light.
I try to put it in gear shortly before the light changes, but sometimes the light is long and I don’t want to just ride my clutch while I sit there for a minute or more.
Being clutched out is not “riding the clutch”. You can safely do that.
“Riding the clutch” is when the clutch is used as “hill assistant” or as speed control at low speeds.
Then shift into gear once the pedestrian’s light turns red or crossing traffic stops?
I mean, I’m usually on top of it, but you can’t always game every light 100% of the time. Also, there’s no appeasing everyone.
I drive a stick too and I’m conscious about this, but the person behind you should notice that you took your foot off the brakes. I can always tell when the person ahead of me is not paying attention to the traffic light.
Usually you can see them looking down, presumably at a mobile device.