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Location: Melbourne
Registered: November 2003
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Re: Teaching girls..
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Fri, 30 January 2004 04:54

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'cuz you don't. Your focus starts to go to other things. Hot chicks on the side of the road, the radio etc. I'm not just saying this based on theory. My girlfriends accident was directly related to the fact that she didn't need to think to let the car roll forward. Having an Auto makes you concentrate less on driving, not more. Its more effort for me if I want to go quicker. I need to downshift, speed up, upshift again (especialy in the shitbox). When it's a little harder to do things you start to think about if it's worth it. When you do that you think about the circumstances more, and that makes you a better driver.
Anyone out there learn to drive in an Automatic and then switch to Manual? Did you notice a difference in concentration on the road?
Besides, I'm not saying that being an Auto driver you are going to be shit, and being a manual drive your going to be good. I know some dreadful manual drivers, and I know some good Auto drivers. Bad drivers will always be bad drivers, and good drivers will always be good drivers. I'm just saying that having an auto will probably make an average driver worse.
Edit: Oh, Apollo, have you ever driven a manual? Like for a while (learning is always hard)? 'cuz I have driven some Automatics and I feel my attention waver as I drive. I need to keep pulling myself back from just going into autopilot, at least on longer drives anyway (say more than 20 mins).
And if you find yourself spreading your attention thin in a manual, then perhaps you need more practice! Manual shifting isn't hard, it just takes a conscious decision to do it.
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