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Excellent idea. Too bad it's so much harder to get a standard transmission car in the US these days.

• barsonme 9y ago
  I'd be curious to see the manual vs automatic accident rates per miles driven. I have a feeling automatic are a lot higher. I mean, these days, if somebody's driving a manual either they want to or had no other choice. I wonder if that correlates with driving ability at all.
  • Wehrdo 9y ago
    That would be interesting to look into of one had the data. I would bet insurance companies have investigated it. The only evidence I could find was this study: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1087054706288103 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1087054706288103 Although I can't access the article, the abstract says that teens with ADHD had higher attention to driving when using a manual transmission vs an automatic.
    • barsonme 9y ago
      That's funny you mention ADHD. I was diagnosed as a teenager and I've always felt more focused while driving a manual than an automatic—it's not as easy to zone out. I've also heard of doctors "prescribing" manuals for people with ADHD. That's just second-hand, though.