[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Yes Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Ari [Email] (#2847) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Ari) on Thu, 14 Jun 2001 15:00:21 In Reply to: Can you get a license in the US driving ONLY an auto???, Caspar, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:24:34 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

The driver's test shows you know how to drive a car, park it, keep it in a lane, and obey traffic signals. There is no proficency test for driving a manual.

Since you provide the car for the driver's test, it has whatever tranny you come with.

A majority of cars sold in the US are automatics, and I would say a great majority of people in the US can't drive a manual. But so what? Folks like that don't buy manual cars. And it's not like you have to grab the controls and fight the car back to safety in case the driver suddenly has a heart attack.

Not to mention, a lot of people can't drive an automatic, and it's not a coordination issue. Should a paraplegic not be able to drive because he/she can't shift? If you have severe arthritis in your legs, using a clutch can be beyond painful. This has been a sore point for me (pun intended), the implication that driving an automatic make you 'less of a driver'. There is a word disabled people have for those folks that aren't - 'temporarily abled'. Most of us will lose the capability to use one or more parts of their body at some time in their life.

• Can you get a license in the US driving ONLY an auto???, Caspar, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:24:34
  • my driving school wouldn't let me learn a stick!, MW, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 20:26:25
  • Yes, Ari , Thu, 14 Jun 2001 15:00:21 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Re: Yes, Caspar, Fri, 15 Jun 2001 04:57:21
      • Re: Yes, Trevor, Fri, 15 Jun 2001 19:19:18
  • Re: Can you get a license in the US driving ONLY an auto???, jp, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 14:04:56
  • Re: Can you get a license in the US driving ONLY an auto???, Dean, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:37:36
    • Moving from NJ to CT only required an eye test (and fees) n/m, Dave Westlake, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:24:15
  • Re: Can you get a license in the US driving ONLY an auto???, gatorcpa, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:02:17
    • Re: Can you get a license in the US driving ONLY an auto???, Leigh, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:42:38
  • failing MA driving test!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, JMC, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:42:29
    • Re: failing MA driving test!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, RichO, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 17:29:22
    • Re: failing MA driving test!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Jeff Newton, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:45:31
    • Re: do a test on a real road ..., Caspar Curdt-Christiansen, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:18:07
      • I had 10 lessons in 1996 :-) n/m, AdamB , Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:06:51
  • Re: Can you get a license in the US driving ONLY an auto???, Aaron Govatos, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:41:59
    • You probably would have failed in other countries too, Bill D, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:28:15
      • We were taught to put it in neutral while slowing for red light.., AdamB , Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:04:44
      • There used to be an FAA regulation...., Dave Westlake, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:45:31
        • Did EdG have his flaps down with the koolbassa ? n/m, Bill D, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 15:50:23
    • Think about it......, Dave Westlake, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:50:08
    • Actually, you would have failed in Europe for that too!, JMC, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:49:57
  • Re: Can you get a license in the US driving ONLY an auto???, Randy Thatcher - WASAABE, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:55:31
  • Unfortunately you can., Dave Westlake, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:53:39
    • Re: Unfortunately you can., Tom Remedios, Fri, 15 Jun 2001 09:27:07
    • Good question ..., Caspar, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:02:46
  • Try this one out, not everyone has to take driving test..., Mike 87 900s, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:52:20
  • Re: Can you get a license in the US driving ONLY an auto???, andy m, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:29:52
    • Canada, too n/m, Mike in NS, Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:39:03

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