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What are the best practices when driving an Automatic Transmission Car? I ask this as when my missus was learning to drive she was instructed to keep the car in Drive with the handbrake pulled. I personally find it weird as in D mode the gear is engaged and it can move at crawling speeds without any throttle input. I observed the same in my colleague's driving of his automatic Jazz.
I know in manual cars we are taught to keep in first, clutch pedal in and handbrake (from test perspective at least). I slot it in Neutral with handbrake when the lights have just turned Red. Would it not be normal in Auto cars to put them in Neutral and foot on brake or handbrake engaged? I find it odd to keep it in Drive and adding the handbrake, which in my understanding is working against the car's logic to move.
Appreciate your inputs.
I know in manual cars we are taught to keep in first, clutch pedal in and handbrake (from test perspective at least). I slot it in Neutral with handbrake when the lights have just turned Red. Would it not be normal in Auto cars to put them in Neutral and foot on brake or handbrake engaged? I find it odd to keep it in Drive and adding the handbrake, which in my understanding is working against the car's logic to move.
Appreciate your inputs.