I learned to drive in a stick, when my age was still in single digits. Yeah, 9 years old, and driving my father's Peugeot 404 with the stick behin the steering wheel (damn frenchs). After that, a Toyota Pickup was heaven for me (with the stick on the floor).

Have driven MT all my life, except for like a year of owning a Nissan Bluebird. Feel streessed when driving automatic, I need to have total control of the car in any situation. Call me freak

 

I remember when I was learning, I was driving a friend's car and I can't remember exactly where we were, but we got stopped at a light on a steep uphill. I was so scared about rolling back into the car behind me, I just kept trying to rush the pedals. Kept stalling it. I just couldn't do it and people were behind me waiting. I finally had to get out of the car and switch seats in front of everyone so he could get the car over the hill. Talk about a walk of shame!

My advice is before you find yourself in this situation, go practice on a hill in some residential area. Don't panic when the car starts rolling backwards. In most situations, you'll have atleast 3 feet between you and the car behind you. You'll get the hang of it.

And if your really worried about it, when you see a car coming up to you, let your foot off the brake and roll back an inch or two to let them know your driving a stick so they'll back off a bit. I don't know anyone who would pull right up behind a car that's rolling backwards.