Car rolling back

illusionek

Hello

I am new driver and I've got Toyota Auris reg 07 semi automatic.

I've got a problem with the car as it rolls back when I drive uphill. I almost had an accident couple weeks ago as I had to stop uphill due to traffic lights and when I started driving again it rolled back. The guy behind me stopped very closely and I almost crushed into him.
Is it me doing something wrong or the other guy not keeping a safe distance? Can I do anything differently to avoid similar issues in the future?

knightstyle

I always thought you learned to use the handbrake when setting off up a hill? My driving test had this!
Some auto boxes have a system which prevents rolling back but others, like the Auris do not so treat it like a manual on hills and use the handbrake.

illusionek

Sorry I wasnt clear. The issue is not when I am stationary but when I take my foot off the break and press gas pedal. The car rolls back before it starts driving forward.

EdGasketTheSecond

Why dont you have the handbrake on? Then you wont roll anywhere.

neilmcl

illusionek wrote: »

Sorry I wasnt clear. The issue is not when I am stationary but when I take my foot off the break and press gas pedal. The car rolls back before it starts driving forward.

You were clear enough. Learn to use your handbrake correctly.

lopsyfa

The problem is between the slight time of moving your leg from the brake, to the gas pedal, the car will move back due to gravity.

If you use the handbrake, you apply the gas slightly (not too much but a little as to feel the car trying to move forward) before releasing the handbrake and move forward. This will prevent it rolling back.

couriervanman

lopsyfa wrote: »

The problem is between the slight time of moving your leg from the brake, to the gas pedal, the car will move back due to gravity.

If you use the handbrake, you apply the gas slightly (not too much but a little as to feel the car trying to move forward) before releasing the handbrake and move forward. This will prevent it rolling back.

"If you use the handbrake, you apply the gas slightly (not too much but a little as to feel the car trying to move forward) before releasing the handbrake and move forward. This will prevent it rolling back."....if the OP didn't know this should he/she be driving

onwards&upwards

illusionek wrote: »

Sorry I wasnt clear. The issue is not when I am stationary but when I take my foot off the break and press gas pedal. The car rolls back before it starts driving forward.

If this is serious and not a wind up, please call a driving instructor (not the one who taught you before your test) book a few lessons and tell them you need to work on hill starts.

Mutton_Geoff

What is a "break" pedal and "gas" pedal? I thought it was a brake and accelerator pedal? Maybe the OP needs to speak to their instructor about learning hill starts?

doningtonphil

Is a "hill start" not part of the test these days?

They were a staple of my lessons, resulting in stalls, pleasant clutch smells and lots of 'kangaroo juice'.

How can the OP be even asking what is wrong with their technique?

lopsyfa

couriervanman wrote: »

"If you use the handbrake, you apply the gas slightly (not too much but a little as to feel the car trying to move forward) before releasing the handbrake and move forward. This will prevent it rolling back."....if the OP didn't know this should he/she be driving

Obviously they don't, if not there won't be any need for this post.

It is possible the OP learnt to drive in an automatic car that won't roll backward after stopping or one of the newer cars with hill start assist. A good learning instructor should have pointed this out still.