Today, we may have to drive on ramps or high-slope roads and in some cases make a lot of stop-and-go. At this point, drivers who do not know the techniques of lifting cars on the slope and cannot get used to it, either slide their vehicles back or make them stop. The most important thing here is to lift the car without sliding on the slope because if you parked on any slope or if the traffic is heavy, you do not want to crash into the vehicle behind you.
Vehicle lifting methods on the ramp consist of 2 different methods in total. While one of them is lifting with the handbrake, the other is the method of lifting with the clutch. We will talk about these two methods, but it is worth remembering that lifting a car on a hill with the handbrake is prohibited in steering exams. Therefore, if you are going to take the exam, do not forget to take a look at the second method.
How to lift the car on a slope?
Method #1: Lifting the vehicle on a slope with the parking brake (Forbidden in the Exam):
Before starting the method, if our vehicle is not operational, let’s start our vehicle with the help of the key by pressing the clutch. If our vehicle is in another gear, put the vehicle in neutral by keeping the clutch pressed all the way down and taking your foot off the accelerator. The best way to tell when you are in neutral is to rock the gear left and right. If the gear plays comfortably to the right and left, your gear is in neutral. After making sure that our vehicle is running and in neutral gear, we can move on to the next step.
Step #2: Pull the handbrake all the way
If you have started your vehicle a long time ago and you have released your handbrake, you will have to pull it all the way up for this method. Pull your lowered handbrake all the way up and make sure it is fully engaged. Remember that the number one element of this method will be the handbrake. It will make a locking sound when the parking brake is fully applied. This means that you have successfully done the audio extraction. Now go to the next step.
Step #3: Put the car in first gear and put your right foot on the accelerator pedal
Now, we will shift our vehicle into first gear, which is the starting gear. For this, as you probably learned, we depress the clutch all the way and make the appropriate first gear shift. In this process, we definitely do not lower the handbrake. Since our handbrake is on, we don’t need to press the brake pedal at this point, so we can put our right foot on the accelerator pedal. You don’t need to step on the gas right away, just put it lightly on top of it.
Step #4: Start releasing the clutch with your left foot without releasing the handbrake
We had to release the handbrake on straight take-off steps, but in this method, the handbrake must be engaged during the clutch lifting process, as the handbrake will prevent us from slipping on the slope. Slowly begin to release the clutch with your left foot. At a certain point, there will be a change in engine sound and your vehicle will start to vibrate. This point means that the vehicle is at the grip point and is now ready to take off.
Step #5: Keep your foot on the clutch when the vehicle starts to vibrate
When your vehicle’s engine sound starts to change and your vehicle starts to vibrate, you are at the point of grip. This is the point at which your vehicle is ready to take off and all it needs is to release the brake and, in some cases, slightly accelerate. Now we stop at the grip point without letting go of our left foot. While holding down the clutch, we move on to the next step.
Step #6: Release the handbrake and hit the accelerator
Now we need to free the vehicle from the brakes in order to get up. We can release the handbrake, which we have kept pulled until this step. The vehicle may or may not start after the parking brake is released. If it starts, it means you have taken off and you can take the next step, but if there is no take off, giving a little gas can prevent your vehicle from suffocating and provide takeoff.
Step #7: Release the clutch completely after the vehicle has traveled a certain distance and reached a certain speed
After taking off, after driving a distance of approximately one vehicle length and reaching a certain speed, it’s time to let go of the clutch we hold at the clutch point. If you wish, you can try to release the clutch slowly during this process without waiting for the distance, but this should not be too fast. It may take some time to get used to the clutch release combination while accelerating, so stay calm. Release the clutch slowly and continue your journey. You have successfully done the hill start with the handbrake method.
Method #2: Lifting the vehicle on a slope using the clutch clutch:
Step #1: With the vehicle running, shift into neutral
The first step of this method will be to start the vehicle or put our gear in neutral while it is running. To remind you that the gear is empty, you can understand it by shaking it to the right and left. If the vehicle is running and our gear is in neutral, we can proceed to the next step.
Step #2: Depress the brake and clutch pedals with your foot
In this method, we will put our foot on the brake pedal differently. In this method, our most important element will be the brake. When the handbrake is down, the thing that will prevent us from slipping on the slope will be the brake. Keep the brake pressed with a certain force and do not let go.
Step #3: Lower the handbrake
Now it’s time to release our handbrake, don’t forget to hold down the brake pedal with your right foot and release the handbrake. If your foot is not on the brake, your vehicle will start to skid.
Step #4: With your right foot still on the brake, shift into first gear
At this stage, the only thing keeping us on the slope will be the brake we press with our right foot. Let’s put our vehicle into first gear with the help of the clutch that we press with our left foot, without moving this foot. Now we can bring our clutch to the clutch point and get the vehicle ready for take off. Now let’s move on to the next step.
Step #5: Release the clutch slowly and keep your foot still on the brake
Now it’s time to come to the most critical step, the point of grasping. With your right foot still firmly on the brake, slowly begin to lift your left foot off the clutch. If you leave suddenly, your vehicle will stop, so be careful.
Step #6: Keep your left foot on the clutch at that point as the vehicle starts to vibrate
When we slowly remove our foot from the clutch, the vehicle will start to vibrate at some point. The vibration point and the change in the sound of the engine in the vehicle inform us that we have reached the grip point. Our vehicle is now ready to take off and if you are truly in full grip you will not slide back. Once you’re sure where the car starts to vibrate, stay there and keep holding.
Step #7: Release the brake with your right foot and give it some gas
While our left foot is at the clutch point, it is still depressed in that area. Now, with our right foot, we can release the brake, which we kept pressed until this step, and give the gas. Take your right foot off the brake and start accelerating. At this time, if you have done all the steps correctly, your vehicle will start to lift without slipping.
Step #8: Release the clutch after the car has traveled a certain distance and gained a certain speed.
We were able to successfully lift our vehicle, but our left foot is still in the clutch. As the last step, after the vehicle has traveled at least one vehicle length and reaches a certain speed, we can continue on our way by removing our left foot from the clutch. If you wish, you can try to release the clutch slowly during this process without waiting for the distance, but this should not be too fast. It may take some time to get used to the clutch release combination while accelerating, so stay calm. With this step, you have lifted the vehicle using the clutch clutch.
In this article, we took a look at the methods and detailed steps of lifting a car without skidding on a slope. If you are preparing for the steering exam, the second method, the clutch method, will be the most suitable for you because the handbrake method is prohibited in the exam. You can master these steps with lots of practice and repeating them in areas that have more slopes and are closed to traffic if possible.
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