I didn't look up data before, but the data seems to confirm my statement. In the UK, 68% of the working population commutes by car [1]. In the US, it's around 8

I didn't look up data before, but the data seems to confirm my statement. In the UK, 68% of the working population commutes by car [1]. In the US, it's around 88% of commuters that commute by car [2]. In London, the share of commuters by public transport is as high as 50% [3]. An article I found on citylab also confirms my statement somehow (although it refers to Berlin). [4] Now, that this influences automatic vs. manual transmission is very subjective, I can't back that up. I could be wrong there, but the rest of the statement is at least not "rediculous". [1] https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/489894/tsgb-2015.pdf https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachm... [2] https://www.census.gov/hhes/commuting/files/2014/acs-32.pdf https://www.census.gov/hhes/commuting/files/2014/acs-32.pdf [3] http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/mro/news-release/travel-to-work/census-reveals-details-of-how-we-travel-to-work-in-england-and-wales.html http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160105160709/htt... [4] http://www.citylab.com/commute/2015/09/how-london-and-berlins-daily-travel-habits-compare-to-the-us/406840/ http://www.citylab.com/commute/2015/09/how-london-and-berlin...