Editing Manual transmission (section)

=== Hill starts ===
Starting from a stationary position in a manual transmission vehicle requires extra torque to accelerate the vehicle up the hill, with the potential for the vehicle to roll backward in the time it takes to move the driver's foot from the brake pedal to the accelerator pedal (to increase the engine RPM before engaging the clutch). A traditional method of hill starts in a manual transmission car is to use the [[parking brake]] (also called "handbrake", "[[parking brake|emergency brake]]", or "e-brake") to hold the vehicle stationary. This means that the driver's right foot is not needed to operate the brake pedal, freeing it up to be used on the accelerator pedal instead. Once the required engine RPM is obtained, the driver can engage the clutch, also releasing the parking brake as the clutch engages.

A device called the [[hill-holder]] was introduced on the 1936 Studebaker. Many modern vehicles use an electronically actuated parking brake, which often includes a hill-holder feature whereby the parking brake is automatically released as the driven wheels start to receive power from the engine.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lampton |first=Christopher |url=http://auto.howstuffworks.com/car-driving-safety/safety-regulatory-devices/hill-start-control.htm |title=How Hill-Start Control Works &#124; HowStuffWorks |website=Auto.howstuffworks.com |date=2009-10-05 |access-date=2017-03-06}}</ref>

In many light-duty vehicles, skilled drivers can slip the clutch just barely enough to hold the vehicle from much rollback during the second while the right foot is moving from the brake pedal to the accelerator pedal; this method effectively solves the hill-holding problem without any parking brake use and with negligible clutch life reduction, although it requires some skill.