I drove a Slant car on the street for years with a 10" converter and 3.91 gears. I rarely used first gear and most of the time just drove in high gear. RMVB's are not that difficult on the street.
If yours has LBA you'll quickly learn not to downshift into low while moving.
It can be done. I never down shift unless I'm on the throttle. So if I'm slow going up a hill or want to start in low instead of 2nd I'll throttle in second then click to first. Same coming out of a 25mph 90 only from high to second for a minute. If you are not hotrodding around just mimic how the thing would shift if it were full auto. It never down shifts without throttle pressure while moving. You definitely know it shifts! If you are on the throttle everyone else knows it by the chirp or fry.
