Re: (Double) Clutching at Straws

["Meron" <phwomp@cosmoslink.net>]

>I never hold the clutch down unnecessarily.  General practice
>is to leave the car in whatever gear it happens to be in as I approach a
>stop, shift to neutral just before the engine would otherwise start to
>buck, then release the clutch and not press it in again until I'm ready to
>shift into first and go.  
Pete, 
What do you do when: 
a fire truck with siren blazing approches at high speed?
a sliding car, lost control on ice or snow approches?
a speeding cop?
a person that failed to see you stopping in an intersection?
Do you:
push the clutch down...
put the gear shifter in...
release the clutch....
move out of the way...
do you think you always will have that much time? 
What's more important? 
your clutch throw out bearing? 
yourself and your car?  

You decide....
Avi Meron