I don’t enjoy driving smoothly, I like to feel on the edge and feel the car, the vibrations, the noise, if I wanted to just roll around the roads I’d just get an electric car or hybrid
@@shashvatverma5673 tbf some cars just feel more raw than others if you get what i mean. Like going from a passat which feels connected through the streering wheel with some weight to it, to an audi a6 which just feels way more relaxed and luxurious in comparision and i sometimes actually enjoy driving smoothly in it, something i never thought I'd enjoy tbh quite weird
Gives me motion sickness. Lexus actually "solved" the stopping "jerk" in the early 90's with their suspension but in their focus groups it made everyone sick so they never brought it to market.
I have a friend that used to drive a 1995 mustang V6. It didn't have much power, but his shifts were almost imperceptible like an auto, even when he went quickly. It feels like professional driving.
Smooth for a manual? Interesting that all those people don't realise it's actually harder, if not impossible, to drive an automatic as smoothly as you can a manual.
@@brandyballoonit’s difficult yet possible to drive a manual smoother than an auto, but it’s impossible to drive an auto smoother than the smoothest manual driver.
@@KAIMAN-_- your experience is that no woman in your life…that sucks for you… But it doesn’t mean that every woman on the planet is the same. You have confirmation bias. And a blanket statement like that is sexist.
Do people actually do that? It just seems very weird someone wouldn't learn to brake properly and be slamming to a stop every time, but then knowing how bad some drivers can be it doesn't surprise me.
My carpool buddy complained about my driving one time (like, singular, one time), and I spent the rest of the school year teaching myself to drive "smoothly." Picked this up along the way. Very validating.
I drove a Minibus for 4.5 years and I always took it as a compliment when passengers would fall asleep. They had good reason to fall asleep. They were factory workers.
My wife fell asleep in the back of a pickup going through bumpy windy mountain roads, the whole time I was trying not to puke everywhere. I think some people can sleep anywhere at anytime.
When my brother drives if feels like we are going at double the actual speed of the car. When i drive, i could be going pedal to the metal and they wouldn't even notice the speed.
I actually learned to do this cause my mother had cancer, and when driving her to her appointments doing that jerking start and stop would physically hurt her. At least now she can rest without hurting.
I made this a habit in my driving. Really depends on the car though. Every car is different. What grinds my gears is the driver that taps the gas to maintain speed.
My dad was a taxi driver. When no one was in the cab, he drove like a demon, when he had a passenger, he was as smooth as silk. In a small town, the cab was a limo.
In all my 13 years of driving, ive never known that ive been doing limousine stops. I hate when the car jerks, so i tried a few different ways of stopping and i found that easing up right before the actual stop makes for a smoother transisition.
@@davids8127 I don’t think the creator of the vid ever said it was uncommon. He was just talking about it… hopefully the people that don’t know will see this and stop driving like a toddler with no control over their feet
@@Zootopia96Staying in 5th gear isn’t always the most efficient brother! As a rule of thumb (differs from car to car a little bit) but at 2’000rpm, change up in a petrol. Staying in a higher gear will put more strain on the engine trying than changing down. You can be quicker & save fuel 🙌🏼 Sounds like you’re zipping around b roads though where 5th would likely be a good match for the speed
bro I get insecure and start thinking my passengers think I drive like shit so Ill do stuff like this or even stay right in the center of the lane. Some people forget they are on the left side of the car and have the car biting the right lane the whole time
Same, and I brake much slower knowing someone is in the back seat to give them a smooth ride. As they’re not the driver, they feel more movement, and depending if they’re on their phone or just not looking ahead, they also wouldn’t be anticipating a hard stop or sudden turn. I take pride in my chauffeur-esk driving.
One of the many lessons my dad taught me when i was learning to drive. You gotta be gentle with your stops, feels so much nicer especially with passengers in the car or a clumsy dog in the back
"Your passenger should never feel you taking off or braking" Damn I didn't realise how much the father's words stuck with me til this short unlocked the memory of where that habit came from.
Well, your father was teaching you how to be a SLOW driver. You understand that it takes time to go to place to place right? I think I'll stay a driver that wants to be on time, thanks.
I remember as a kid not even thinking about the driving. My mom drove a stick and it was so perfect. I only realized as I was learning to drive how much skill she actually had to make driving invisible.
With good clutch control and gentle downshifting, I can usually get down to under 20mph, and sometimes below 10mph without even _touching_ the brakes. And before anyone says I'm wearing the clutch, I put 360,000 miles on my Accord before the clutch was changed, and that was only when the engine was swapped and an uprated clutch was recommended.
When I was younger and learned how to drive at 16, my pops told me about this and taught me it prior to me driving then girlfriend around. When this really came into play was when I was doing her family a favor and driving them all to pick their family car up. They complimented how well I drove and to this day I credit it all to the easing of the stops at red lights and easing back into drive. She’s my wife now and her family is now my family. Anyway, Thanks dad. Love you. See you soon.
I figured this out in my first hour of driving, now it’s just a matter of adjusting it for every car. Idk how my mom can live without doing this, just makes the ride that much more comfortable.
I didn't know there was a name for it. That's just how I drive. Getting that sweet spot where it's so smooth you don't know where movement ends and the stop begins...perfection!
When I had freshly earned my driver’s license, my best friend told me that you can tell how skilled the driver is based on how smooth they stop. I think of her words at EVERY stop I make.
This is only partly true. It hugely depends on the car. In my car, I can stop like this 95% of the time (1995 civic). My parents have some kind of toyota hybrid with automatic transmission, and it's impossible to stop smoothly on a flat surface.
Not to be that guy but that has nothing to do with being a skilled driver, it simply means you can stop smoothly. Theres a ton of other types of driving & variables that would make a driver more skilled over others. Example, you can stop smoothly but can you parallel park, effortlessly maneuver through tight spots in drive & reverse, back up a trailer etc.
@xShiftyyy facts. personality , attitude, emotions and driving style also play a part in how a person drives, I'm a passive person but an aggressive driving style. But this technique is also part of racing and driving fast trail braking so it isn't all true
@@njdorset1050 absolutely, I’m also a car guy who works with semi trucks in the fueling industry so I understand the driving fast as an enthusiast and driving professionally at work. Good drivers know when to be an aggressive driver and when to be a defensive driver.
My sister recently told me something nice. That when she was in middle school and our parents made me drive her out of town for sports, she could sleep and never wake up from me breaking too hard. And one time in particular when she’d managed to sleep 2 hours without my driving waking her up she promised herself she’d learn to break as well as me 🥹 made me feel good.
Love to hear sibling related stuff i have a good bond with my sister. If we argue we make sure to quickly apologise and we have im 22 she s 21 🙂 sadly my older sister who would be 23 passed aeay at birth but im grateful to God for giving me a sister cause sisters are amazing to have🙂
Same. My dad told me he used to watch how peoples head used to jerk in the passengers seat and I’ve always made it my mission to come to very smooth stops and accelerate very smooth as well while always paying attention to my passenger
I'm about to start training on them and I've always driven like that. Smooth accelerating and braking. Long time ago when I was still a learner, I was always amazed by how jerky other students drove. My instructor always said I can fall asleep when you drive, it's that smooth.
i do that at every stop. when normal people stop you can see the car “jolt” back but every time i stop i never feel that. i do it because it is very satisfying to stop as easily as possible
Yeah, that's simply called a stop. Only student drivers and people in BMWs do the jerk-stop. And it's actually more comfortable with manual transmission to stop the car smoothly.
@@neverstopschweiking I do the jerk stop when I'm alone because I am always in a hurry 😅. However, whenever I have passengers I always do the limousine stop lol I guess that's why it's called that
Actually, the people who don't jolt are putting everyone else in danger. They are being way too slow on the road and cause drivers to behave reckless trying to maneuver around them.
@@hahawoshedman4017that’s only true if there’s a mixture of smooth and jerk stop drivers. If everyone drives smoothly, there should be the exact same number of accidents as there is if everyone jerk stopped. You trade off comfort for saving a bit of time.
my partner gets super motion sick so this stuff is high stakes to me. speeding up round corners, accelerating too fast and stopping too hard are all off the table.
Sir Jackie Stewart is a huge proponent of "The Limousine Stop" and when he instructs drivers, he tells them to gently ease off the brakes in ALL situations.
I rarely have to stop when I'm out driving, I just let of the gas and roll into the red light that then usually turns green before I have to come to a complete stop. So many people waste gas racing between red lights instead of riding the green.
@@thornyback roads around here, it varies. Certain parts of town, you ride the greens like you described. After moving, I've found that it actually does benefit you to zoom zoom from light to light, like tremendously, on certain routes. 🤦🏼♂️ It kinda makes me mad tbh, rewarding that behavior 😂😂 but I can play any game that's given to me... 😎 Lolol
This is how my father taught me how to drive. He phrases it as. “ I shouldn’t be able to tell if you’re stopping or doing.” He told me that when I was 15. And it just stuck with me.
back then before ABS that was the way to drive to prvent brake binding. unfortunately with technology you can drive like a maniac and still be OK. Back then with drum brakes and no ABS you would never tailgate the way drivers do today - because there is no guarantee your car will stop if you hit the brakes.
My father was a mechanic and truck driver, he taught me a lot of things like situational awareness etc., one of the biggest things he drummed into me was ‘be smooth’. Simple and to the point. Never do anything aggressively, even defensive driving should be smooth. When every movement is smooth, things are far less likely to go wrong.
Similar story to you, my father drove a taxi for almost a decade in NY. He always told me, “Dive like you’re trying to earn a tip” The limousine stop has been my go-to way of braking my whole life. I didn’t even know it had a name!
When my sister was learning to drive she would ease almost to a stop and then slam the brakes. My mom kept asking her to stop doing that and she refused asserting that it confirms to everyone in the car that we’ve come to a complete stop. My wife and I rode with her once and she’s flying over speed bumps and bottoming out. I’m like you are destroying the underside of your car who knows what you might be damaging doing not to mention that’s unnecessarily rough on your suspension. She’s like well I’m not used to the extra weight of passengers. I’m like just slow down for potholes and speedbumps no matter what dude. She drives her Prius like a trophy truck.
This, and when coming up to a red light, a lot of people are still on the gas. Nothing is better than easy rolling up to a red light nice and easy so it will be green by the time you get up to it and saving gas.
I've been driving for 35 years and I've always done this. I anticipate stops and leave myself enough room to feather the brakes. It also grants you extra stopping distance for unexpected ice. As I drive stick, I generally try to avoid stopping at all at lights if I notice they are about to change.
Love it. I used to drive a city bus and it was very hard to learn how to do this with air brakes and a transmission that downshifts very early. A couple months in and I learned how to adjust the brake pressure for each gear change and smooth stopping. I received many compliments from my passengers for it. I never knew it was called a Limousine stop. Thank you
Salute you. I get terrible motion sickness on busses and a large part of it is the high torque automatic gear system. Breaking and starting they only can do it with huge build of torque. I haven't been on one yet but the Electric busses I have drive by seem to be 85% quieter and look 95% smoother. Should be game changer.
I put this on anything you want me to put it on.. I failed my first test for driving because the driving instructor told me the car didn’t have any feel of stopping. That when I stop it’s supposed to have a soft jerk to the vehicle. Mind you I stopped at the red light and stop signs at the right position, completely stopped for 3 seconds before proceeding, etc.. the only reason I failed was because it didn’t feel like I was making complete stops. I was in awe. Following week took the test again different instructor complimented the breaking and I passed.
It is a failure factor though and it makes sense. If you are too smooth in stopping, it means that the clutch is pressed - Coasting may cause you to end up in the middle of a intersection if you get rear ended by the car behind you.
When i started learning how to drive, my dad hung a necklace on the rear view mirror with two pendants on it. He told me "you wont be a good driver until you can drive without rocking the car enough to make them click together" i still get compliments about how smooth my rides are 😅
I had a pocket watch on my mirror and although I never broke my glass when it swung to hard I learned very fast not to swing that clock. I still have the pocket watch on my mirror. I drive a manual car also
I was just about to say. I only learned how to do this because I was partnered with a grumpy old medic who would get absolutely furious anytime I was a little too rough on the gas or brake. Funnily enough, he drove like a lunatic.
I rode in the back of an ambulance once. What a shit show! The ride was so rough I don't think limousine stop would have been noticed. There was a piece of equipment on an arm that kept swinging around and bashing into everything. The tech was apologizing for what a pos the vehicle was. I finally reached out and steadied the piece of equipment so it wouldn't keep hitting things. The tech started laughing.
Lightfoot drivers know this too well 😂 slowing down a mile away from a traffic light so that by the time you’re at the light it goes to green and you can accelerate without actually stopping
@@MultiKdizzleYea, cause everyone loves to race to the red light just so they can wait faster... it's better to just stop accelerating when you see a red light and usually by the time you get to it it turns gree
@@edboswell12345I think he’s saying when the light is already red. Not gonna slow down for a green light, that would be stupid. Mind you I still see people doing that anyway…
@@max2themaxbut there’s also cars behind you so the slower you go the longer the line is which the line will eventually spread over multiple traffic lights making the journey longer
I taught myself to do this over time because I value the comfort of my passengers and also now have chronic pain to contend with from back and neck injuries. Its a great habit to have, I wish more people knew how to.
This just always felt natural to do, some people dont know how to modulate the pedal at all. I saw a woman that literally could not get out of a snowy parking lot, because all she could do was spin the tires. A bystander had to jump in and slowly drive out feathering the gas.
Yep. Ive always done this cause I feel it looks like youre rude or incompetent if you dont. (But seems like no-one ever thinks about doing this) But i feel your pain. Also have debilitating chronic pain, scoliosis, arthritis & more bs. Just try to keep on keeping on👍
My dad was a limo driver. He taught me how to drive at a young age. When he was teaching me how to break, he would buy a steaming hot cup of coffee and take the lid off of it. Told me I’d better not spill the coffee when braking. Learned limousine stops that way
That sounds like a very dramatic thing a character from an anime would do, but it's actually plausible. I think I'll do it too when I get my driving license
Whenever I failed to limousine stop, my driving instructor would lean forward slowly and pretend to hit the dashboard 😂 safe to say that has made me always practice this!
I thought I was the only one doing it, discovered it accidentally while driving and liked it afterwards. Made my permanent stopping style while driving car.
LOL sports car The French only know how to build plastic pieces of shit, 25 minutes after buying the car brand new the glovebox will never close again.
I’m a paramedic and was taught this to ensure a “stable platform” in the ambulance. It’s all part of our treatment and shows courtesy to anyone in pain which could be exacerbated by jerky stops and starts.
facts I call it Trail braking I do it in all conditions however I slow the person behind me down first before going into it incase they are a tail gater or not paying attention then i complete the braking cycle
Once I’d mastered this technique I do it all the time. So satisfying. I hate other people who drive the car like it’s a rollercoaster. Also helps you be in sympathy with the car, you become attuned to how it moves around, how inertia and momentum affects it. A good skill to have.
I came to the US at age 27 and couldn't drive. Because I lived, worked and went to school in LA, I had to learn how to drive. My teacher was a family friend who was a school bus driver. He's very strict. After I got my license, I was given a task to drive from work to home (going to work only I was the passenger and my uncle the driver). To my surprise, a manager who from time to time needed a ride told me I drove like a limousine driver. I didn't know what that meant, I never rode on (in?) a limousine, but he said, my driving was very smooth, he didn't feel the brake or acceleration at all. I do what this guy said in the video. My husband on the other hand... I didn't have car sickness until I rode with him. LOL. (He was car racing when he's young.)
My dad taught me how to do this when I was 16, he told me to "roll off" the brakes. It works great, even in harder braking situations, lift your toes and the stop is much less abrupt, worked great.
Same with me and my Dad. I've been driving for 35 years and I have always done this. I always anticipate stops and leave myself enough room to feather the brakes. It also grants you extra stopping distance for unexpected ice.
Thanks a lot Mick, you have transformed me from a noob to quite the smooth driver. My parents always fall asleep in the backseat whenever I drive. This and your other video about steering should be taught in driving tests honestly. Drive safe!
I was a chauffeur for over 12 years, with over 1 million miles driven and I made sure I was silky smooth starting and stopping so that clients were comfortable and would not spill if they were drinking a beverage.
Honestly, for me, it's alot more fulfilling to feel the jerk instead of a soft stop, cause if the jerk doesn't happen, I get anxious as to whether the car is stopped or not. The jerk lets me know if it is.
This is something I practiced as I was learning to drive, I wanted to be the best driver of my friend group, the smoothest and most comfortable person to drive with. That smooth stop letting up on the break is so satisfying, as well as a smooth takeoff
Funny enough, when I took my test 15 years ago, I was instructed "if there isn't a recoil, then you didn't stop." I've definitely corrected that habit since.
Where i live we are taught to stop hard at all stop signs but brake smoothly otherwise. The reason being that having any roll at all going through a stop sign is an instant fail, so if you make your test administrators head jolt that means you came to a full stop and cant be failed for it. On the other hand they generally like smooth driving (as smooth as you can expect from an inexperienced driver) but that more refers to not accelerating or braking suddenly.
@@slim_reaper1848The laughter created by this comment is from the satarical humour used in the wording that may trigger a reader'a dopamine. Love this.
Edit: I'm aware it's not law, what I meant to say is it's advised to do that purely so you don't fail your test. Original: Dunno if american or British, but you're supposed to put your handbrake on at a stop sign in the UK, which is the tell tale sign usually, otherwise it's an instant failure regardless of smoothness of braking. Not sure what the rule is in the states, be curious to hear about it!
@@danielobrien5255what? Why would anyone engage the handbrake during a drive? Not only do you drive on the wrong side of the road but you literally have no idea how to operate a car? Mandatory handbrake for literally no reason
@@danielobrien5255for real? Canadian and it's referred to as the emergency brake. Apparently I'm an outlier for pulling it whenever I park but that was what the government funded driving school taught me decades ago.
@itslunasea we obviously use the handbrake for emergency stops, but that's rare. Just to be clear, I only mean using the handbrake when you've completely stopped, not using it instead of the brakes 😅. The example I used was in a driving test situation, and most people are always taught to come to a stop using the brakes, then apply the handbrake to demonstrate you've come to a full stop to the instructor just to be sure.
Damn and here i was thinking I was the only one: Oh and fun little science fact: the jerk when you brake/drop the clutch happen for the same reason. It's the transition between dynamic friction and static friction, between your brake rotors and brake pads, or the clutch and flywheel respectively. The coefficient of friction is almost always higher between two immobile objects than two objects moving in relation to one another, that is to say, there's more friction between two objects that aren't moving than between two objects in motion relative to one another. So when you feel a jerk, it's because as you approach 0 mph, the brake pads/rotors transition from dynamic friction to static friction and all of a sudden they have a lot more bite and the braking becomes more severe despite the calipers exerting the same amount of pressure. It's the same reason you're tyres squeal when drifting, except in that case they're sticking and unsticking over and over, which makes a squealing sound.
This is how my driving instructor taught me how to stop in general; Super helpful. Also taught me to pull as close to the curb as possible when turning as to not allow room for bicyclists room to squeese between you and the curb- stopping them from accidentally getting hit/run over, also super helpful. He also taught me to use my GODDAMN TURN SIGNAL!!
yeah that one thing that irritates me the most people not signaling their turns. it doesnt matter if its a bicycle or a semi. just signal your turn. if your on a bike just stick your fricking hand out. if your in a semi damn its so damned easy to just flick a switch.
My Dad taught me that. But he learned it in a bit different manner. He was a Tank driver in the Army, and he was taught to stop his tank smoothly so that the barrel of the main gun didn't move. This was in the time before stabilization, so the driver was integral in making quick, accurate shots. It made him a very smooth car driver. 😄
This is also a good approach when approaching bumps or holes: brake (hard if it’s a big one) but release just before hitting it. Releasing the brakes shifts the center of mass backwards leaving less downforce on the front tires as they go over the bump. Of you’re really in tune with your car you’ll have the timing right that by the time it rocks back forward again your rear tires are going over the bump. Edit: to the creator, that’s so cool I had no idea that this technique had a name. I’ve been complimented on it before, how smooth of a ride I gave despite driving with a manual transmission.
My driving instructor used to drive high ranking army officials around. He taught me how limo drivers brake and I’ve done it now for 35 years. Not because I’m better, but because I was taught it by someone who knew better than I did.
My father always said that the quality of a driver is judged on how smooth and effortless they drive. He spent 50 years perfecting this and I have never seen a better driver in my life, and I don't think I ever will.
@@talal3cyou don’t need too, there’s a reason why it isn’t taught. It’s one of those dumb pet peeves people have like “slamming” the door. Pisses me off ngl
I learnt this from my uncle he used to drive like this ALL The time. The man is the smoothest driver I’ve met! Then when I learnt driving I aspired at doing it too and even had my instructors comment that while I’m far from taking my test.. I’m really smooth! Best compliment ever! 😅
I’ve always said a good driver is a smooth driver. Smooth cornering, smooth acceleration and smooth braking on the road. I’ve raced cars for many years and smoothness is the name of the game. Of course when racing you do brake and accelerate hard, but the steering inputs remain smooth always.
That lesson was drilled into me working at a go kart track. Funny hearing people ask why they had the worst lap-time even though "i drifted every corner"
@@Jacobtheunwise a good point, in some cases such as lower powered cars some aggressive steering inputs can help transfer weight better and create rotation that would otherwise not be possible by using only mechanical grip. But tbh this is a more advanced technique and takes a very good driver who really understands vehicle dynamics. But generally, particularly if I’m teaching, we aim to teach smooth, predictable movements.
Here in washington, everyone drives so smooth they go 30 in a 55 and will make your 2 minute drive to 2 hours. And they turn their signals on so early that they could turn on the next turn or the rest of the other turns within 2 miles. Just because you drive smooth doesn't mean you're not high risk. From a rough driver that stays predictable.
One of the first things I've started doing since I've started learning to drive 😂. Something so satisfying about it and would just make an examiner feel more comfortable potentially
The actual term for this is brake feathering where you're adjusting force on the brake pedal to match speed. It's just simply good modulation of braking force.
When I was getting my license in high school, I remember watching Top Gear and hearing, "Slow is smooth and smooth is fast." 12 years later, and I still mumble this to myself while driving, especially at slow speeds.
@@nekay2288 slow is smooth means that taking things slowly reduces errors and allows you to make better decisions. Rushing things causes mistakes which take longer to fix. Ive never heard the phrase applied to driving but i could see some scenarios where it applies, like if you slow down for a red light earlier than you need to - a lot of the times it turns green before you come to a complete stop (allowing you to pass other cars who had to full stop because they rushed up to the light).
Being the driver for a hangout, my friends thought that I'm driving an auto car until the end realising they saw the gear knob. Best compliment as a driver so far...
1. It's a gear stick not a gear knob a knob is something you twist 2 your friends would immediately notice if your driving a manual you're constantly shifting unless on the highway so how does that make any sense
@@jackolson4808 Understandable. I said gear knob specifically because my friends noticed the gear marking at the shift knob rather than typical PRND marking beside the gear shift. And yes, the trip started with a highway cruise for some time followed by driving through small towns which had a lot stop-and-go driving.
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Part of the “always done this, it’s the proper way to drive” crew
smooth driving gang
Ayy I found my people 😊
Yo i thought everyone did this. I mean, i cant imagine someone just holding their foot on the brake without easing off at all.
This was just how my instructor taught me, I just assumed it was a new way of teaching people considering my parents never did it
I hated the jerk when I was a passenger so I just grew into habit of doing this when I started driving.
Many can drive, but many don't know how to drive smoothly
I don’t enjoy driving smoothly, I like to feel on the edge and feel the car, the vibrations, the noise, if I wanted to just roll around the roads I’d just get an electric car or hybrid
@@FkUtube-ir5mc igy but there's some real enthusiast enjoyment in cruising in an ICE. takes a little practice and appreciation
@@FkUtube-ir5mc are you stupid?
@@shashvatverma5673 tbf some cars just feel more raw than others if you get what i mean. Like going from a passat which feels connected through the streering wheel with some weight to it, to an audi a6 which just feels way more relaxed and luxurious in comparision and i sometimes actually enjoy driving smoothly in it, something i never thought I'd enjoy tbh quite weird
@@FkUtube-ir5mcsmoothly doesn’t mean slow cruise round town yk u can drive fast and smoothly
The best is when you do it so smooth it feels like you didnt even stop like you are still moving
That's actually nauseating for many people
@@Asto508quite the opposite. The jerks are nauseating.
@@Asto508"SpongeBob meme"
Gives me motion sickness. Lexus actually "solved" the stopping "jerk" in the early 90's with their suspension but in their focus groups it made everyone sick so they never brought it to market.
Yeah, I feel a Little bitty nauseous sometimes lol
Limousine stop is what gets my wife yelling at me thinking I'm not breaking
Then you’re doing it wrong. you just stop normally but right before the complete stop you slightly ease off the brake.
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@@riverdayton3292 no. I'm not doing it wrong. She freaks out because she can't feel me slamming on the break.
I drive a manual and one of the greatest compliments I can get is “you drive this smooth for a manual” people appreciate good driving no matter what
I have a friend that used to drive a 1995 mustang V6. It didn't have much power, but his shifts were almost imperceptible like an auto, even when he went quickly. It feels like professional driving.
Smooth for a manual? Interesting that all those people don't realise it's actually harder, if not impossible, to drive an automatic as smoothly as you can a manual.
@@brandyballoonit’s difficult yet possible to drive a manual smoother than an auto, but it’s impossible to drive an auto smoother than the smoothest manual driver.
People just don't know how to drive (or they love banging gears a bit too much)
@@brandyballoonoriginal story never happened, nobody on the history of man has said to another „you drive smooth for a manual“
Never knew there was a name for this. I just taught this to myself when learning to drive because my mother stops like an anchor.
Me too, I thought this was normal and logical.
But the more women I ride with....
@@Silence-and-Violence no need to try and make it sexist. The guy you replied to didn't.
@@KAIMAN-_- your experience is that no woman in your life…that sucks for you… But it doesn’t mean that every woman on the planet is the same. You have confirmation bias. And a blanket statement like that is sexist.
@@O_0Annie look at the white knight here.
same
I learned this naturally when I first started driving. Had no idea it had a name. I just hated jerk stops at lights so I discovered this 😂
Same!
This. I thought hard stops would hurt my driving test score lol
Do people actually do that? It just seems very weird someone wouldn't learn to brake properly and be slamming to a stop every time, but then knowing how bad some drivers can be it doesn't surprise me.
same here
You're not alone!
My carpool buddy complained about my driving one time (like, singular, one time), and I spent the rest of the school year teaching myself to drive "smoothly." Picked this up along the way. Very validating.
I drove a Minibus for 4.5 years and I always took it as a compliment when passengers would fall asleep.
They had good reason to fall asleep. They were factory workers.
My wife fell asleep in the back of a pickup going through bumpy windy mountain roads, the whole time I was trying not to puke everywhere. I think some people can sleep anywhere at anytime.
thank you, coming from a chronic bus sleeper…sleeping while traveling is the best
Bus drivers are usually the worst for jerky ride, too. Mash the accelerator as soon as you pay, mash the brakes when they're at the stop.
When my brother drives if feels like we are going at double the actual speed of the car. When i drive, i could be going pedal to the metal and they wouldn't even notice the speed.
Good story.
LMAO, one day my dad said, "I might look like I'm enjoying this music son, but that's not why my head's bobbin'!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 that's gold
I don’t get it
@@IronDragon1337he was “jerking” the car & his dad head was swinging
I woulda replied “that’s a weird way to say you wanna give me road head, dad”
@@matthewryan9238 I get it
This is how I always stop with passengers in the car. On the bike, I always full send on the jerkiness.
Can’t take no chances on a bike
I learned this thing accidentally 2nd day of driving car lol
i’m gonna be honest, i run every stop sign i can on my bike
I do this because I cannot stand getting jerked around in other people's cars.. bunch of jerks 😂
I take my passengers on the ride of their Lives.
I actually learned to do this cause my mother had cancer, and when driving her to her appointments doing that jerking start and stop would physically hurt her. At least now she can rest without hurting.
Sorry for your loss. Sounds like your Mom raised a great kid.
I used to do these stops without realising untill someone pointed it out to me and I think it was one of the best compliments I’ve ever had 😂😢.
I made this a habit in my driving. Really depends on the car though. Every car is different. What grinds my gears is the driver that taps the gas to maintain speed.
Same! I try to do this all the time.
Right!!!!!!!
I am pretty sure most people don't need to be told or don't need "the theory", you notice it when you get experience and practice.
Don’t people brake like this anyway?
My dad was a taxi driver. When no one was in the cab, he drove like a demon, when he had a passenger, he was as smooth as silk. In a small town, the cab was a limo.
This is how I am in my own car.
That’s how I am😂 or drive smoothly when there’s a cop drive like a demon when there’s not
Same😂😂. I try to be as smooth as possible when I have someone. But when I'm alone, there better not be police around 😂
He’s a demon cutting up in the taxi
@rocknrai
"I don't touch no wheel, 'cause I got a chauffeur"
The chauffeur in question:
In all my 13 years of driving, ive never known that ive been doing limousine stops. I hate when the car jerks, so i tried a few different ways of stopping and i found that easing up right before the actual stop makes for a smoother transisition.
yeah me too. i’ve been doing this since i started driving. it wasn’t until i started driving that i realized my mom always jerks the car lol
I've done this before, but I prefer to jerk it. Unless my dogs are in the car.
I think this is more of a common thing that this guy's thinks. Most people probably don't even use engine braking
My dad told me to stop jerk stopping the car, so I did lol. I wonder if I’d still stop like that if that wasn’t one of my dads biggest pet peeves
@@davids8127 I don’t think the creator of the vid ever said it was uncommon. He was just talking about it… hopefully the people that don’t know will see this and stop driving like a toddler with no control over their feet
1200 Uber rides here.
You're telling me how I've driven professionally, driven my WHOLE life...has a name.
Yep I love doing this. Generally, I like to drive fast AND smooth together, certain challenge to it.
Same
Honestly this kind of driving takes so much more focus and so keeps us alert. It's the only proper way to drive on public roads.
Fast is smooth and smooth is fast.
Great for fuel efficiency too. I enjoy my drive home on the country roads but to save fuel I just leave it in 5th and carry the speed through corners.
@@Zootopia96Staying in 5th gear isn’t always the most efficient brother! As a rule of thumb (differs from car to car a little bit) but at 2’000rpm, change up in a petrol. Staying in a higher gear will put more strain on the engine trying than changing down. You can be quicker & save fuel 🙌🏼 Sounds like you’re zipping around b roads though where 5th would likely be a good match for the speed
That small sense of pride i felt knowing im not the only one
LMAO right my passengers will be worried about me braking late and i do this and they are very suprised
Yeah lol, why many people don’t figure this out tho??
bro I get insecure and start thinking my passengers think I drive like shit so Ill do stuff like this or even stay right in the center of the lane. Some people forget they are on the left side of the car and have the car biting the right lane the whole time
@@manny3630they don't care. That simple
Same, and I brake much slower knowing someone is in the back seat to give them a smooth ride.
As they’re not the driver, they feel more movement, and depending if they’re on their phone or just not looking ahead, they also wouldn’t be anticipating a hard stop or sudden turn.
I take pride in my chauffeur-esk driving.
One of the many lessons my dad taught me when i was learning to drive. You gotta be gentle with your stops, feels so much nicer especially with passengers in the car or a clumsy dog in the back
I was about to make a similar comment. When I was learning, my dad told me, "If your passengers are not comfortable, you're not a good driver."
Ewww, imagine putting a stinky dog in your vehicle 🤮
@@cateatfood6634 You just jelly.
@cateatfood6634 , no one cares, 5 year old. They're way better than cats 🤡🤡🤡
same, taught me this at 16 driving in car-parks... it's has always infuriated me how most people brake.
I heard this while driving forklifts..
slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
"Your passenger should never feel you taking off or braking"
Damn I didn't realise how much the father's words stuck with me til this short unlocked the memory of where that habit came from.
Shouldn't really be aware of turns either. If they shift in the seat, you're driving too fast.
Well, your father was teaching you how to be a SLOW driver. You understand that it takes time to go to place to place right? I think I'll stay a driver that wants to be on time, thanks.
@@hahawoshedman4017leave earlier then. Lol
@@hahawoshedman4017 i can tell your iq is sub 80
They don't.
I don't move.
They get in, I wait, they wait, a bit of words happen, louder words, they get out and I have a chuckle.
I remember as a kid not even thinking about the driving. My mom drove a stick and it was so perfect. I only realized as I was learning to drive how much skill she actually had to make driving invisible.
Me jealous because my moms driving makes me motion sick
Seamless*
invisible is entirely the wrong word my guy
Lol when I learned to drive I realised what a rough chaotic driver my mom was 😂q
With good clutch control and gentle downshifting, I can usually get down to under 20mph, and sometimes below 10mph without even _touching_ the brakes.
And before anyone says I'm wearing the clutch, I put 360,000 miles on my Accord before the clutch was changed, and that was only when the engine was swapped and an uprated clutch was recommended.
My dad used to say that a good shift is when your passenger can't tell when you engaged the clutch.
When I was younger and learned how to drive at 16, my pops told me about this and taught me it prior to me driving then girlfriend around. When this really came into play was when I was doing her family a favor and driving them all to pick their family car up. They complimented how well I drove and to this day I credit it all to the easing of the stops at red lights and easing back into drive. She’s my wife now and her family is now my family.
Anyway, Thanks dad. Love you. See you soon.
Hey just curious, who is “her” here and what does the see you soon mean at the end? You okay?
@@psilon21310bro I'm just as confused😅
@@psilon21310”her” is his girlfriend and “see you soon” means his dad passed away and he will see him when he also passes away (I think)
Bro forgot the most critical part of the story. STOP SMOKING WEED AND THIS STUFF WONT HAPPEN 👍🏻
Is your dad dead?
Honestly one of the most useful videos I have seen in months. Thank you.
my dad taught me this when i first started driving. changed my whole outlook on driving
Same, I got so good that one time my mom was riding with me, she didn't feel like I was fully stopped because I stopped so smoothly.
Changed your outlook on driving when you first started driving, how inspirational!
@@DaMastaBlasta2dickhead u can have an outlook on something even before u actually begin that thing.
Nobody taught me this. It was common sense to me and should be to everyone else.
You act like you’ve been awaken from a cryofreeze and escaped the matrix.
I figured this out in my first hour of driving, now it’s just a matter of adjusting it for every car. Idk how my mom can live without doing this, just makes the ride that much more comfortable.
Some of us are just natural drivers
Women lack spacial-awareness. That's the trade-off to being more emotionally aware.
To be fair riding the brakes will cause them to wear out faster. So these techniques aren't widespread
@@waynzignordics I pray this is ironic. There is no chance you aren't purposefully this ignorant, lmao.
Also after a brake job. Shit surprises me everytime
As a kid I thought driving recklessly was dope.
Now, as an adult, I'm convinced that the real flex is being a smooth driver.
Same soon as I turned 30 I just naturally slowed down kinda weird
Overtaking someone at the speed limit when they're going slower and having all these blowhards behind you is true manliness.
A measure of a good driver is how comfortable their passengers are. ~My dad
No not really
Anyone can have a gentle foot
Not everyone can make high speed turns without eating trees
Being able to switch between the two at will is where its at.
I didn't know there was a name for it. That's just how I drive. Getting that sweet spot where it's so smooth you don't know where movement ends and the stop begins...perfection!
I learned this while driving my dad around after his back surgery! It became instinctive after about 2 hours worth of driving
Lol hope hes doing well
Same expect my mom is just old lol, but it seems obvious to want to stop smoothly, it is uncomfortable to stop very quickly lol
@@SyrupDipper much better that was 6-7 years back thank you
Two hours? Poor dad!
@@zacksteeno1491👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
When I had freshly earned my driver’s license, my best friend told me that you can tell how skilled the driver is based on how smooth they stop. I think of her words at EVERY stop I make.
This is only partly true. It hugely depends on the car. In my car, I can stop like this 95% of the time (1995 civic). My parents have some kind of toyota hybrid with automatic transmission, and it's impossible to stop smoothly on a flat surface.
Not to be that guy but that has nothing to do with being a skilled driver, it simply means you can stop smoothly. Theres a ton of other types of driving & variables that would make a driver more skilled over others.
Example, you can stop smoothly but can you parallel park, effortlessly maneuver through tight spots in drive & reverse, back up a trailer etc.
@@xShiftyyy In my experience, there is a progression of skills. Someone who is jerky at turning will not even attempt to be gentle on the brakes.
@xShiftyyy facts. personality , attitude, emotions and driving style also play a part in how a person drives, I'm a passive person but an aggressive driving style. But this technique is also part of racing and driving fast trail braking so it isn't all true
@@njdorset1050 absolutely, I’m also a car guy who works with semi trucks in the fueling industry so I understand the driving fast as an enthusiast and driving professionally at work. Good drivers know when to be an aggressive driver and when to be a defensive driver.
My sister recently told me something nice. That when she was in middle school and our parents made me drive her out of town for sports, she could sleep and never wake up from me breaking too hard. And one time in particular when she’d managed to sleep 2 hours without my driving waking her up she promised herself she’d learn to break as well as me 🥹 made me feel good.
Did she learn or did she become a jerk like the rest of them jerks?
That's so cute 🥺
the only compliment that matters💙
Love to hear sibling related stuff i have a good bond with my sister. If we argue we make sure to quickly apologise and we have im 22 she s 21 🙂 sadly my older sister who would be 23 passed aeay at birth but im grateful to God for giving me a sister cause sisters are amazing to have🙂
That's a huge flex
I’m a train operator, that is how we apply the air brakes for a smooth stop.
Man, this is the first thing my father thought me when I got my drivers license, I appreciate him so much for this tbh
W dad
Kinda cringe.
Same. My dad told me he used to watch how peoples head used to jerk in the passengers seat and I’ve always made it my mission to come to very smooth stops and accelerate very smooth as well while always paying attention to my passenger
Same here!!! Just Not my dad but my stepdad.
@@jaeger5529kinda classy actually
I drive a public transport bus, this type of driving, when done well, DEFINITELY makes the ride way nicer, and generally keeps the passengers happier.
Thank you! It´s so much nicer when you are a passenger. Some bus drivers drive like it is a rally car, and it makes for a really uncomfortable ride.
Thank you. I get motion sickness on busses, especially when they do the hard breaking in stop and go traffic
I've ridden public transport buses were the drivers seemed to think they were at the rally. Your efforts are appreciated.
Yep, the rule we have is that if you see you passengers nodding everytime you stop youre a shithouse driver
I'm about to start training on them and I've always driven like that. Smooth accelerating and braking.
Long time ago when I was still a learner, I was always amazed by how jerky other students drove. My instructor always said I can fall asleep when you drive, it's that smooth.
i do that at every stop. when normal people stop you can see the car “jolt” back but every time i stop i never feel that. i do it because it is very satisfying to stop as easily as possible
Yeah, that's simply called a stop. Only student drivers and people in BMWs do the jerk-stop. And it's actually more comfortable with manual transmission to stop the car smoothly.
@@neverstopschweiking I do the jerk stop when I'm alone because I am always in a hurry 😅. However, whenever I have passengers I always do the limousine stop lol I guess that's why it's called that
Actually, the people who don't jolt are putting everyone else in danger. They are being way too slow on the road and cause drivers to behave reckless trying to maneuver around them.
@@hahawoshedman4017that’s only true if there’s a mixture of smooth and jerk stop drivers. If everyone drives smoothly, there should be the exact same number of accidents as there is if everyone jerk stopped. You trade off comfort for saving a bit of time.
@hahawoshedman4017 Why are you blaming the non jerking cars instead of the reckless drivers?
I always consider my stop a fail if i see my passenger lean forward even a little
I consider my stop a fail when the car ahead of me rolls forward
nah, some passengers just ragdoll around at the slightest movement
my partner gets super motion sick so this stuff is high stakes to me. speeding up round corners, accelerating too fast and stopping too hard are all off the table.
@@kibouSRX the most gentile shift and they nearly go face first into the dash
Sir Jackie Stewart is a huge proponent of "The Limousine Stop" and when he instructs drivers, he tells them to gently ease off the brakes in ALL situations.
I rarely have to stop when I'm out driving, I just let of the gas and roll into the red light that then usually turns green before I have to come to a complete stop. So many people waste gas racing between red lights instead of riding the green.
@@thornyback Then there's my country where no matter how fast or slow you drive you'll always catch the next red light.
@@thornyback roads around here, it varies. Certain parts of town, you ride the greens like you described. After moving, I've found that it actually does benefit you to zoom zoom from light to light, like tremendously, on certain routes. 🤦🏼♂️ It kinda makes me mad tbh, rewarding that behavior 😂😂 but I can play any game that's given to me... 😎 Lolol
In the long run, you are saving brakes by doing this.
@@MDR2657on your commute you know exactly when it's worth accelerating (and speeding) to get that green light vs waiting 5 minutes.
My dad taught me this during one of my very first driving lessons, it just feels natural now.
As I taught my kids.
I thought you said that was my first lesson.
Then daym your dad is on cracks. While mine first lesson was how to break
This is the right way of stopping. I learned this somehow by myself just driving and realizing that it made it smoother.
This is how my father taught me how to drive. He phrases it as. “ I shouldn’t be able to tell if you’re stopping or doing.” He told me that when I was 15. And it just stuck with me.
back then before ABS that was the way to drive to prvent brake binding. unfortunately with technology you can drive like a maniac and still be OK. Back then with drum brakes and no ABS you would never tailgate the way drivers do today - because there is no guarantee your car will stop if you hit the brakes.
@@simonbutler377 This has nothing to with ABS. Good lord, are you 12?
My father was a mechanic and truck driver, he taught me a lot of things like situational awareness etc., one of the biggest things he drummed into me was ‘be smooth’. Simple and to the point. Never do anything aggressively, even defensive driving should be smooth. When every movement is smooth, things are far less likely to go wrong.
Similar story to you, my father drove a taxi for almost a decade in NY. He always told me, “Dive like you’re trying to earn a tip”
The limousine stop has been my go-to way of braking my whole life. I didn’t even know it had a name!
When my sister was learning to drive she would ease almost to a stop and then slam the brakes. My mom kept asking her to stop doing that and she refused asserting that it confirms to everyone in the car that we’ve come to a complete stop. My wife and I rode with her once and she’s flying over speed bumps and bottoming out. I’m like you are destroying the underside of your car who knows what you might be damaging doing not to mention that’s unnecessarily rough on your suspension. She’s like well I’m not used to the extra weight of passengers. I’m like just slow down for potholes and speedbumps no matter what dude. She drives her Prius like a trophy truck.
limo stop/ starts is peak ASMR for real gear heads. Anyone can go fast or bang a red line.. but the finesse in a perfect stop; *chefs kiss*
This, and when coming up to a red light, a lot of people are still on the gas. Nothing is better than easy rolling up to a red light nice and easy so it will be green by the time you get up to it and saving gas.
“real gear heads”. oh brother.
@@neckrohsyeah?
I dunno, we were taight this in driver school, which for me is now over 10 years back. I just thought this was a standard thing.
Ill chefs miss ur mother
I thiught thats how youre supposed to brake
It is
That's how I was taught
Keep on thinking that! It's the way it should be!
honestly, you'd think the jerk would be am incentive to explore ways of preventing it LOL
Yeah ask the other drivers behind you
I've been driving for 35 years and I've always done this. I anticipate stops and leave myself enough room to feather the brakes. It also grants you extra stopping distance for unexpected ice. As I drive stick, I generally try to avoid stopping at all at lights if I notice they are about to change.
Love it. I used to drive a city bus and it was very hard to learn how to do this with air brakes and a transmission that downshifts very early. A couple months in and I learned how to adjust the brake pressure for each gear change and smooth stopping. I received many compliments from my passengers for it. I never knew it was called a Limousine stop. Thank you
Salute you. I get terrible motion sickness on busses and a large part of it is the high torque automatic gear system. Breaking and starting they only can do it with huge build of torque. I haven't been on one yet but the Electric busses I have drive by seem to be 85% quieter and look 95% smoother. Should be game changer.
My grandma made sure I picked this skill up, really helped smooth my driving out when I started
it was my mom for me since then i always brake smooth as butter
My grandma does the exact opposite of this
I put this on anything you want me to put it on.. I failed my first test for driving because the driving instructor told me the car didn’t have any feel of stopping. That when I stop it’s supposed to have a soft jerk to the vehicle. Mind you I stopped at the red light and stop signs at the right position, completely stopped for 3 seconds before proceeding, etc.. the only reason I failed was because it didn’t feel like I was making complete stops. I was in awe. Following week took the test again different instructor complimented the breaking and I passed.
It is a failure factor though and it makes sense. If you are too smooth in stopping, it means that the clutch is pressed - Coasting may cause you to end up in the middle of a intersection if you get rear ended by the car behind you.
The first tester just liked Jerks 😂
@@mihaihamid9378who said they have 3 pedals?
@@amirii2xagreed
@@mihaihamid9378 How do you stop without pressing the clutch?
Instructors in your country requires to stall the car?
When i started learning how to drive, my dad hung a necklace on the rear view mirror with two pendants on it. He told me "you wont be a good driver until you can drive without rocking the car enough to make them click together" i still get compliments about how smooth my rides are 😅
Your dad must have watched Initial D lol bc that reminds me of Takumi’s dad making him learn to drive without spilling the cup of water
Smart
My dad put a cup of water and said don’t spill
@@xxichikokoxxme too, my car was a stick shift too
I had a pocket watch on my mirror and although I never broke my glass when it swung to hard I learned very fast not to swing that clock. I still have the pocket watch on my mirror. I drive a manual car also
Did this 'Limousine Stop' all the time as a paramedic. Helps the patient and the treating paramedic in the back have a much better time.
I was just about to say. I only learned how to do this because I was partnered with a grumpy old medic who would get absolutely furious anytime I was a little too rough on the gas or brake.
Funnily enough, he drove like a lunatic.
If you're stopping at red lights as a paramedic, I think you've misunderstood.
@@cityuser Nah, I enjoy going home at the end of my shifts.
I rode in the back of an ambulance once. What a shit show! The ride was so rough I don't think limousine stop would have been noticed. There was a piece of equipment on an arm that kept swinging around and bashing into everything. The tech was apologizing for what a pos the vehicle was. I finally reached out and steadied the piece of equipment so it wouldn't keep hitting things. The tech started laughing.
😂 I’m imagining the driver of an ambulance jerking with someone behind on the stretcher
"There's a jerk" got ms rolling how he said it😂😂
Ayyo thank u for the 1k likes its my first time ever getting 1k
Stg got me crying 😭😭😭😭
derez a jURhk
His problem is when he's in the passenger the jerk is in the driver.
😂 I found myself a jerk until I saw the video
How he moved forward when he said it too 🤣
A simple video is teaching millions of people how to drive 😂 what a hero
Lightfoot drivers know this too well 😂 slowing down a mile away from a traffic light so that by the time you’re at the light it goes to green and you can accelerate without actually stopping
That's just annoying to every other driver
Meanwhile you’ve missed the earlier green light and the traffic you’ve caused is spilling back to the previous junction
@@MultiKdizzleYea, cause everyone loves to race to the red light just so they can wait faster... it's better to just stop accelerating when you see a red light and usually by the time you get to it it turns gree
@@edboswell12345I think he’s saying when the light is already red. Not gonna slow down for a green light, that would be stupid. Mind you I still see people doing that anyway…
@@max2themaxbut there’s also cars behind you so the slower you go the longer the line is which the line will eventually spread over multiple traffic lights making the journey longer
I taught myself to do this over time because I value the comfort of my passengers and also now have chronic pain to contend with from back and neck injuries. Its a great habit to have, I wish more people knew how to.
As a passenger I think, not having a steering wheel to hold onto you can get jerked about like a bobblehead so easily
This just always felt natural to do, some people dont know how to modulate the pedal at all. I saw a woman that literally could not get out of a snowy parking lot, because all she could do was spin the tires. A bystander had to jump in and slowly drive out feathering the gas.
you should visit a physiotherapist. there are ways to fix those pains
this stresses me out bc my body itches when u dont suddenly move or stop
Yep. Ive always done this cause I feel it looks like youre rude or incompetent if you dont. (But seems like no-one ever thinks about doing this)
But i feel your pain. Also have debilitating chronic pain, scoliosis, arthritis & more bs.
Just try to keep on keeping on👍
My dad was a limo driver. He taught me how to drive at a young age. When he was teaching me how to break, he would buy a steaming hot cup of coffee and take the lid off of it. Told me I’d better not spill the coffee when braking. Learned limousine stops that way
imagine your dad drifting in the Akina mountains against a Toyota AE86 in a limousine lmao
@@davidofchinkov41😂😂 while eurobeat plays
That sounds like a very dramatic thing a character from an anime would do, but it's actually plausible. I think I'll do it too when I get my driving license
is your dad Bunta Fujiwara from initial D?
It's a scene from the movie Parasite @@chottabeamm
Whenever I failed to limousine stop, my driving instructor would lean forward slowly and pretend to hit the dashboard 😂 safe to say that has made me always practice this!
I thought I was the only one doing it, discovered it accidentally while driving and liked it afterwards. Made my permanent stopping style while driving car.
I value a smooth ride when I drive so I always ALWAYS do this
You’re the first person in a french sports car to drive smoothly
The 2CV is Fr*nces sportiest car
LOL sports car
The French only know how to build plastic pieces of shit, 25 minutes after buying the car brand new the glovebox will never close again.
@@jeremymcadam7400 nah bro the modussy
@@jeremymcadam7400 thank God you censored the f-word, OP must not have realized that there's children on this site!
@@martian9999 Get a job.. my comment is literally a joke so why are you taking it so seriously
Super thankful my brother taught me to drive exactly like this. Being in the passenger seat made me realize how rough some people drive
I’m a paramedic and was taught this to ensure a “stable platform” in the ambulance. It’s all part of our treatment and shows courtesy to anyone in pain which could be exacerbated by jerky stops and starts.
This is how my parents taught me to drive. Smooth as butter. I practice driving smooth and spirited 😊 and safely
why does that read so corny
I’ve been doing this naturally since I started driving. Didn’t know people had to learn this😂
Same
facts I call it Trail braking I do it in all conditions however I slow the person behind me down first before going into it incase they are a tail gater or not paying attention then i complete the braking cycle
Same. My entire family are all jerks, almost bang my head on the windows by how they jerk me
Same but my mom is always in a rush 🙂
My dad was so adamant about me learning this lol
That's not a limousine stop, that's a satisfying stop
Once I’d mastered this technique I do it all the time. So satisfying. I hate other people who drive the car like it’s a rollercoaster. Also helps you be in sympathy with the car, you become attuned to how it moves around, how inertia and momentum affects it. A good skill to have.
I came to the US at age 27 and couldn't drive. Because I lived, worked and went to school in LA, I had to learn how to drive. My teacher was a family friend who was a school bus driver. He's very strict. After I got my license, I was given a task to drive from work to home (going to work only I was the passenger and my uncle the driver). To my surprise, a manager who from time to time needed a ride told me I drove like a limousine driver. I didn't know what that meant, I never rode on (in?) a limousine, but he said, my driving was very smooth, he didn't feel the brake or acceleration at all. I do what this guy said in the video. My husband on the other hand... I didn't have car sickness until I rode with him. LOL.
(He was car racing when he's young.)
Yes agreed, I like to say I don't drive the car, I just guide the car.
Feel the car. That's cringe
@@justinjohnson6175 try it, you might like it ;)
No time for this BS in NYC
You do NOT know how much this sht matters to my dad and my mom... I can hear my dad telling me to fking brake slower next to me
Is he brown
@@rari1055💀💀💀
is your name Samir by chance
@@rari1055his dad is with him so probably not
@@08aaa81 Facts.
I learned this while driving a truck with the bed full higher then the roof so that it wouldn’t spill out 😂
This was the first thing I learned for breaking in Driver’s Ed in Florida. The drivers here might kill you but they know how to do it smoothly.
Ok
Then what?
@@jaeger5529🫤
@@Harthelos04🫤
Learn this on my own honestly and gotta love that slow and gentle stop
When my mom was teaching me to drive she told me that my passenger shouldn't notice when we come to a stop. I had no idea it had a name. I love it!
My dad taught me how to do this when I was 16, he told me to "roll off" the brakes. It works great, even in harder braking situations, lift your toes and the stop is much less abrupt, worked great.
That is exactly how my Dad taught me. Back in 1988. I taught my son the same method.
Same with me and my Dad. I've been driving for 35 years and I have always done this. I always anticipate stops and leave myself enough room to feather the brakes. It also grants you extra stopping distance for unexpected ice.
@@cyberpleb2472damn, you’ve be driving for almost 2x as long as ive been alive, just short 3 years
Same thing here
Thanks a lot Mick, you have transformed me from a noob to quite the smooth driver. My parents always fall asleep in the backseat whenever I drive. This and your other video about steering should be taught in driving tests honestly. Drive safe!
I was a chauffeur for over 12 years, with over 1 million miles driven and I made sure I was silky smooth starting and stopping so that clients were comfortable and would not spill if they were drinking a beverage.
my driving instructor thought me this very early so that it would be my habit. and I am so thankful he did
Is this not typical? I learned it was called feathering and was told you'd get points taken off if you didn't feather during your driving test.
For real, nothing is more satisfying than easing to a soft, gentle stop at a light
Honestly, for me, it's alot more fulfilling to feel the jerk instead of a soft stop, cause if the jerk doesn't happen, I get anxious as to whether the car is stopped or not. The jerk lets me know if it is.
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This is something I practiced as I was learning to drive, I wanted to be the best driver of my friend group, the smoothest and most comfortable person to drive with. That smooth stop letting up on the break is so satisfying, as well as a smooth takeoff
Didn't know there was a fancy way to say "stop as taught in order to pass the exam"
It’s called 3rd pressure breaking not a limousine stop.
Funny enough, when I took my test 15 years ago, I was instructed "if there isn't a recoil, then you didn't stop." I've definitely corrected that habit since.
Where i live we are taught to stop hard at all stop signs but brake smoothly otherwise. The reason being that having any roll at all going through a stop sign is an instant fail, so if you make your test administrators head jolt that means you came to a full stop and cant be failed for it. On the other hand they generally like smooth driving (as smooth as you can expect from an inexperienced driver) but that more refers to not accelerating or braking suddenly.
That’s how I learned to drive in the first place. Makes such a big difference
The jerk comes from how fast you decelerate to zero. Love this
no shit
The voice your hearing in the video is from the use of his vocal cords to admit sound into the microphone. Love this
Omg
I've slammed on the brakes but I've still finished with no rock back
@@slim_reaper1848The laughter created by this comment is from the satarical humour used in the wording that may trigger a reader'a dopamine. Love this.
This is why I failed my driving test lol. Test instructor told me he couldn’t tell if I had stopped when lurching forward to look out of a stop sign
Edit: I'm aware it's not law, what I meant to say is it's advised to do that purely so you don't fail your test.
Original: Dunno if american or British, but you're supposed to put your handbrake on at a stop sign in the UK, which is the tell tale sign usually, otherwise it's an instant failure regardless of smoothness of braking. Not sure what the rule is in the states, be curious to hear about it!
@@danielobrien5255what? Why would anyone engage the handbrake during a drive?
Not only do you drive on the wrong side of the road but you literally have no idea how to operate a car? Mandatory handbrake for literally no reason
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@@danielobrien5255for real? Canadian and it's referred to as the emergency brake. Apparently I'm an outlier for pulling it whenever I park but that was what the government funded driving school taught me decades ago.
@itslunasea we obviously use the handbrake for emergency stops, but that's rare.
Just to be clear, I only mean using the handbrake when you've completely stopped, not using it instead of the brakes 😅. The example I used was in a driving test situation, and most people are always taught to come to a stop using the brakes, then apply the handbrake to demonstrate you've come to a full stop to the instructor just to be sure.
As someone who is very prone to motion sickness, you don’t know how much I appreciate this.
My mom insisted I learn to stop like this. I am grateful for it.
Excellent tip. Fortunately enough I had a great driving instructor that taught me this as well. Now it comes so natural.
Damn and here i was thinking I was the only one: Oh and fun little science fact: the jerk when you brake/drop the clutch happen for the same reason. It's the transition between dynamic friction and static friction, between your brake rotors and brake pads, or the clutch and flywheel respectively. The coefficient of friction is almost always higher between two immobile objects than two objects moving in relation to one another, that is to say, there's more friction between two objects that aren't moving than between two objects in motion relative to one another. So when you feel a jerk, it's because as you approach 0 mph, the brake pads/rotors transition from dynamic friction to static friction and all of a sudden they have a lot more bite and the braking becomes more severe despite the calipers exerting the same amount of pressure. It's the same reason you're tyres squeal when drifting, except in that case they're sticking and unsticking over and over, which makes a squealing sound.
One my my favourite comments ever on this CZcams channel!
Thank you, that was beyond interesting!
This is how my driving instructor taught me how to stop in general; Super helpful.
Also taught me to pull as close to the curb as possible when turning as to not allow room for bicyclists room to squeese between you and the curb- stopping them from accidentally getting hit/run over, also super helpful.
He also taught me to use my GODDAMN TURN SIGNAL!!
yeah that one thing that irritates me the most people not signaling their turns. it doesnt matter if its a bicycle or a semi. just signal your turn. if your on a bike just stick your fricking hand out. if your in a semi damn its so damned easy to just flick a switch.
My Dad taught me that. But he learned it in a bit different manner.
He was a Tank driver in the Army, and he was taught to stop his tank smoothly so that the barrel of the main gun didn't move. This was in the time before stabilization, so the driver was integral in making quick, accurate shots.
It made him a very smooth car driver. 😄
Been doing this for years, never knew it had a name!
I like to think I'm the best driver in the world, this video proves it. Thank you Mr Video.
This is also a good approach when approaching bumps or holes: brake (hard if it’s a big one) but release just before hitting it. Releasing the brakes shifts the center of mass backwards leaving less downforce on the front tires as they go over the bump.
Of you’re really in tune with your car you’ll have the timing right that by the time it rocks back forward again your rear tires are going over the bump.
Edit: to the creator, that’s so cool I had no idea that this technique had a name. I’ve been complimented on it before, how smooth of a ride I gave despite driving with a manual transmission.
When I am in my van and it’s empty hit the brakes as I hit a speed bump on purpose the weight going to the front stops me bouncing everywhere 😂😂
Best trick for going over holes is to speed up not break lol
@@matopotato1It has the same effect, it transfers the weight to the rear of the car
@@ultrafezno, speeding up prevents the wheel from going too far down the hole, thus having a smoother response when it need to go back up.
Weight distribution does not affect the aerodynamics of a road car as much as a race car lol
My driving instructor used to drive high ranking army officials around. He taught me how limo drivers brake and I’ve done it now for 35 years. Not because I’m better, but because I was taught it by someone who knew better than I did.
I find it very gratifying to feel that kick back...
My father always said that the quality of a driver is judged on how smooth and effortless they drive. He spent 50 years perfecting this and I have never seen a better driver in my life, and I don't think I ever will.
Meanwhile I get complaints about it because they keep expecting it to jerk and it doesn't. They say to just stop like a normal person.
i dont ever do it cus im an impatient driver. doesnt mean i cant
That is some straight BS
@@talal3cyou don’t need too, there’s a reason why it isn’t taught. It’s one of those dumb pet peeves people have like “slamming” the door. Pisses me off ngl
@@stonesymmetry well i dont ever slam the doors thts just unnecessary but i get what ur saying
My dad taught me to ease on the brake as you slow to a stop, and it feels so natural. Everyone should really be doing it
That’s not what he meant bro
I hope he taught you to also ease off as you come to a stop... otherwise you're a jerk.
@@TonyRule 😂😂 exactly
You can slow down fast as long as you don’t come to a full stop and ease into the stop it can still feel comforting
As a school bus driver you gotta learn this. Now driving semi I still do this. Keeps loads from shifting too
I learnt this from my uncle he used to drive like this ALL
The time. The man is the smoothest driver I’ve met!
Then when I learnt driving I aspired at doing it too and even had my instructors comment that while I’m far from taking my test.. I’m really smooth! Best compliment ever! 😅
I do that to save the rotors from getting hard spots. It also is easier on the clutch. Oh wait do they still make sedans with a stick shift?
I’ve always said a good driver is a smooth driver. Smooth cornering, smooth acceleration and smooth braking on the road.
I’ve raced cars for many years and smoothness is the name of the game. Of course when racing you do brake and accelerate hard, but the steering inputs remain smooth always.
That lesson was drilled into me working at a go kart track. Funny hearing people ask why they had the worst lap-time even though "i drifted every corner"
@@Moon___man 😂
I agree but depends on the car. Most cars, loose is fast, the smoothness is mainly for highpower cars lol
@@Jacobtheunwise a good point, in some cases such as lower powered cars some aggressive steering inputs can help transfer weight better and create rotation that would otherwise not be possible by using only mechanical grip. But tbh this is a more advanced technique and takes a very good driver who really understands vehicle dynamics. But generally, particularly if I’m teaching, we aim to teach smooth, predictable movements.
Here in washington, everyone drives so smooth they go 30 in a 55 and will make your 2 minute drive to 2 hours. And they turn their signals on so early that they could turn on the next turn or the rest of the other turns within 2 miles.
Just because you drive smooth doesn't mean you're not high risk. From a rough driver that stays predictable.
One of the first things I've started doing since I've started learning to drive 😂. Something so satisfying about it and would just make an examiner feel more comfortable potentially
The actual term for this is brake feathering where you're adjusting force on the brake pedal to match speed. It's just simply good modulation of braking force.
When I was getting my license in high school, I remember watching Top Gear and hearing, "Slow is smooth and smooth is fast."
12 years later, and I still mumble this to myself while driving, especially at slow speeds.
My motorcycle instructor also lived by this rule, made me realize how true it actually is.
My machine shop teachers also always say this
Can you explain how? I wanna learn
Big phrase in the military as well
@@nekay2288 slow is smooth means that taking things slowly reduces errors and allows you to make better decisions. Rushing things causes mistakes which take longer to fix.
Ive never heard the phrase applied to driving but i could see some scenarios where it applies, like if you slow down for a red light earlier than you need to - a lot of the times it turns green before you come to a complete stop (allowing you to pass other cars who had to full stop because they rushed up to the light).
Being the driver for a hangout, my friends thought that I'm driving an auto car until the end realising they saw the gear knob.
Best compliment as a driver so far...
1. It's a gear stick not a gear knob a knob is something you twist
2 your friends would immediately notice if your driving a manual you're constantly shifting unless on the highway so how does that make any sense
@@jackolson4808my thoughts exactly 💀
@@ohreally8245 I'm sick of the 8 year old kids bro 😭 too old for this damn app
@@jackolson4808 Understandable. I said gear knob specifically because my friends noticed the gear marking at the shift knob rather than typical PRND marking beside the gear shift.
And yes, the trip started with a highway cruise for some time followed by driving through small towns which had a lot stop-and-go driving.
For real, I thought I was the only one who drove like this bro 😂😂😂❤
I drive like this and plus I learned it from a racing car driver especially when it comes to cornering and you have to do trail braking 🤣
@@Mugen_FB317 for, i like to drive smooth like a grown up. But every now and then some ass make you have to slam on it. 🤣
I’m 16 and thought i invented this 🤣
Driving like you race on the weekend is a bad habit for most of us 😂
This is my pride as a driver. People sleep while I'm driving, and I'm like hell yeah!!!
i once rode an interprovince bus that did this, so smooth in more than 300 stops!!!