Why do you lose ‘control’ over your car when you use your clutch before braking?

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When I am driving in my car and I have to brake for something, I always use the clutch first and then brake. From what I hear, you then have no control over your car, why is that? And why is that not the case when you first brake and then use the clutch when rpm is low enough.

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If you go downhill and it’s steep pressing the clutch first will actually give you a small boost of speed as there is no more engine breaking happening.
Pressing the brakes first will keep the car from getting this boost.

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