How to Shift Gears in Subject Three?
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Here is relevant information about Subject Three: 1. Subject Three Exam Content: Includes road driving skills test and safe civilized driving knowledge test. It is part of the motor vehicle driver's license assessment and is the abbreviation for the road driving skills and safe civilized driving knowledge test subjects in the motor vehicle driver's test. The content of the road driving skills test varies for different permitted driving models. 2. Deduction Items in Subject Three: There are a total of three deduction standards in the Subject Three exam: 5-point deduction, 10-point deduction, and 100-point deduction. Under different deduction standards, there will be different detailed deduction rules that need to be carefully read and familiarized with. 100-point deduction: 1. Before stopping, failing to observe the traffic situation behind and to the right through the interior and exterior rearview mirrors; 2. After the examiner issues the command to pull over, failing to stop within the specified distance; 3. After stopping, the vehicle body exceeds the right edge line of the road or the sidewalk edge; 4. After stopping, failing to turn the head to observe the side rear and left traffic situation before opening the door inside the vehicle; 5. Failing to close the door after getting out of the vehicle. 10-point deduction: 1. After stopping, the distance between the vehicle body and the right edge line of the road or the sidewalk edge is greater than 30cm; 2. After stopping, failing to tighten the parking brake; 3. Releasing the service brake pedal before tightening the parking brake. 5-point deduction: Failing to turn off the engine before getting out of the vehicle.
The gear shifting in Subject 3 requires coordination between the accelerator and clutch. I practiced it hundreds of times before the test to develop muscle memory. The mantra for upshifting is 'clutch in, accelerator off, shift gears': press the clutch and shift to second gear at 20 km/h, third gear at 30 km/h, and fourth gear at 40 km/h. Pay special attention not to look down at the gear lever! For downshifting, first release the accelerator and lightly brake to reduce speed, then press the clutch and shift down step by step. During the test, the most feared situation is mismatched gear and speed, such as the car shaking when third gear is below 20 km/h. Remember to fully release the clutch after each gear shift; once I kept the clutch half-engaged for too long and lost points. If you shift into the wrong gear, don’t force it; the correct operation is to return to neutral and shift again.
