Jakarta –
The Lebaran homecoming season is usually filled with traffic jams. Not only on toll roads, traffic jams may occur on uphill roads. For those of you who drive automatic cars, here’s how to get stuck on an incline.
Director of Training Safety Defensive Consultant Indonesia (SDCI), Sony Susmana, said going home using an automatic car is definitely more comfortable. However, the driver should not rush when driving an automatic car so that the transmission components last.
“This means that with automatics it’s easier for the driver to regulate his emotions because he doesn’t have to be tired of stomping on the clutch,” Sony told detikcom, Monday (17/4/2023).
According to Sony, what should be a concern is that automatic car drivers should not carry too many things or overload them. This can make the automatic transmission components work harder.
To drive in a traffic jam on an incline, an automatic car driver must understand how to adjust the gear position. Sony recommends that drivers who stop in traffic jams should position the transmission in N or neutral.
“Getting stuck on an incline when using automatic is a risk of getting stuck if the gear is always positioned to stay in D. So take advantage of gear N if it stops for more than 20 seconds and keep your distance to stop and go,” added Sony.
Furthermore, if the road you are going through has a long and steep incline, Sony recommends stopping for a rest break if the car’s thrust is starting to get weak.
Recognize Teeth Position
In automatic car transmission levers there are generally ‘D’, ‘1’, ‘2’, and ‘L’. Usually the driver will drive using the ‘D’ position which means Drive, so the car will position the gears automatically. But for the incline is a little different.
Quoted from the Mitsubishi Indonesia page, when you are on an incline and the conditions are steep and jammed, you can position the gear at ‘1’ or ‘L’. The number 1 represents the car in 1st gear, while L also means ‘Low’ which means low gear.
In that position, the acceleration can be adjusted to maximize the large torque to bulldoze the incline. With the teeth in that position, of course, the torsional power is maximized and there are no problems when going through inclines with even extreme slopes. Meanwhile, to go down, the car will hold the speed in the lowest gear so that the engine brake will function to hold back the car’s speed.
Meanwhile, if the incline is still gentle, you can put it in the ‘2’ gear position. The gear position produces a combination of torque and power to get through a gentle incline.
If the car you are driving has a paddle shift feature, when crossing an uphill road you can shift it to a low gear. That way, the car will get more power.
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