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Originally Posted by Ladogaboy
At this point, I think a majority of Americans don't actually know how to drive a manual transmission. When I was in high school (rural town), everyone knew how to drive a manual (including semis, tractors, farm equipment, etc.). Here in Los Angeles, only about one in three people I've met can drive a manual transmission. My guess is, parents (or grandparents) purchased an automatic as convenience in the traffic, and as a result, they raised their kids without ever teaching them how to drive a manual.
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People would learn aweful fast if they had to, it wasn't that hard but you always have some ideot I guess.
I don't think it helped me any that the hi school simulators were all MT with a clutch, the real thing sorted itself out soon enough.
A little explanation does wonders.
Also this could be a safety thing, with a manual in the car, the driver might actually have to pay some attention to driving god forbid.