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And where are you from? And how old? Not "do you" but just if you know how.

I'm in the US, mid 30s and can (and do) drive a manual transmission.

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[โ€“] Scrollone@feddit.it 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I'm Italian and it's mandatory to learn how to drive stick in order to get a license. This could explain why we think driving at 16 is absurd: it would probably be difficult for a 16 years old to learn stick.

[โ€“] sibbl@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Why would it be difficult? Children can play complex video games and handle the controllers perfectly - why should a manual stick be too complex for teenagers?

[โ€“] Scrollone@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because you have to both learn how to move your car among complex traffic and learn how to operate the clutch pedal and the shift.

[โ€“] Firnin@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

That's why you learn how to operate clutch and shifting in areas where there isn't much traffic - at least that was the case for me

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