Can You Brake with the Clutch Fully Depressed?

[LeMackenzie]

You can brake with the clutch fully depressed. Here are the details: 1. For reverse parking and parallel parking, in these two test scenarios, you should first fully depress the clutch and then quickly press the brake. Since the entire test is conducted in first gear at a slow speed, the vehicle will not shake. 2. When encountering a red light or pulling over to park, during the third test, due to the higher speed, you should first use engine braking to slow down, release the accelerator in advance, then fully depress the clutch to downshift. As you approach the stopping point, you can slowly press the brake to a full stop. More details are as follows: 1. Situations where both the clutch and brake are fully depressed simultaneously: During hill-start parking, to prevent rolling backward, you need to quickly depress both the clutch and brake simultaneously. In case of an emergency during the test, only depressing the clutch will cause the vehicle to surge forward due to inertia, so it is generally advisable to depress both the clutch and brake simultaneously. 2. Situations where you brake first and then depress the clutch: During the third test, if the speed is high, you can first brake to reduce the speed and then depress the clutch to stop.