I have automatic driving licence for 8 years i want to take the test in manual

coffeehound

Very interesting, D_M.  The point about selecting the wrong direction makes sense; that would cause a combination of momentary disorientation combined with panic that you could imagine making someone forget which pedal is which.

I've seen a couple of UAS events: one reported in a local paper where the car ended up wedged off the ground in the gap between two buildings, and one I heard happening as a kid when a neighbour went through the back of their garage and didn't stop until they hit a tree some distance behind.

Biggus_Dickus

AdrianC said:

coffeehound said:

Really it'll be a good thing once manual gearboxes are consigned to history.  Once we are all driving electric vehicles there'll be less room for confusion and unintended braking/acceleration events

Umm, "unintended braking/acceleration events"? Don't they normally happen in automatics, where confused drivers hit the wrong pedal of two...?

Confused!!!...how very dare you. 😁

Jenni_D

Biggus_Dickus said:

AdrianC said:

coffeehound said:

Really it'll be a good thing once manual gearboxes are consigned to history.  Once we are all driving electric vehicles there'll be less room for confusion and unintended braking/acceleration events

Umm, "unintended braking/acceleration events"? Don't they normally happen in automatics, where confused drivers hit the wrong pedal of two...?

Confused!!!...how very dare you. 😁

You resemble that remark? 😉 😁

NBLondon

Jenni_D said:

Maybe it's just me, but I've never done that.  

It's just you.... :-:smiley:

The first few times I drove borrowed (pool car) automatics, it caught me out with the muscle memory putting my left foot forward to the clutch as I came to a stop.  It's a quick reminder though...     Not so much of a problem with automatic hire cars in the States because you get the big reminder of sitting on the other side...

AdrianC

Biggus_Dickus said:

AdrianC said:

coffeehound said:

Really it'll be a good thing once manual gearboxes are consigned to history.  Once we are all driving electric vehicles there'll be less room for confusion and unintended braking/acceleration events

Umm, "unintended braking/acceleration events"? Don't they normally happen in automatics, where confused drivers hit the wrong pedal of two...?

Confused!!!...how very dare you. 😁

If you'd prefer me to say "terminally bewildered", or "senile", then just say the word...

YBR

Really it'll be a good thing once manual gearboxes are consigned to history.  Once we are all driving electric vehicles there'll be less room for confusion and unintended braking/acceleration events

Except on some electric vehicles which have the parking brake under the left foot ...
Yes really! I have one.

ontheroad1970

YBR said:

Really it'll be a good thing once manual gearboxes are consigned to history.  Once we are all driving electric vehicles there'll be less room for confusion and unintended braking/acceleration events

Except on some electric vehicles which have the parking brake under the left foot ...
Yes really! I have one.

And some older Mercedes also  E class being one of them, and the C class.

AdrianC

ontheroad1970 said:

YBR said:

Really it'll be a good thing once manual gearboxes are consigned to history.  Once we are all driving electric vehicles there'll be less room for confusion and unintended braking/acceleration events

Except on some electric vehicles which have the parking brake under the left foot ...
Yes really! I have one.

And some older Mercedes also  E class being one of them, and the C class.

I had a couple of Citroen XMs with them, too. One automatic, one manual.


Foot-operated parking brakes are common stateside.

bouicca21

Having switched to an automatic a few years ago after nearly 30 years of driving a manual I cannot imagine why anyone would want to go the other way and drive a manual after having an automatic.

AdrianC

bouicca21 said:

Having switched to an automatic a few years ago after nearly 30 years of driving a manual I cannot imagine why anyone would want to go the other way and drive a manual after having an automatic.

Having had automatics in the past, and now having manuals... it entirely depends on the type of driving you do, on the types of car you're driving, and on whether you actually enjoy driving or view it as a chore.

If you're sitting in traffic in a dullsmobile, with your brain elsewhere, it might as well be automatic.
If you're enjoying quiet roads in something that actually has some response and feeling to it... sorry, but I want that third pedal.