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> You can still find ways to distract yourself in a manual. True, but it's harder to text and drive when you really do need both hands (and both feet) to drive
by eric_h 7y ago
> You can still find ways to distract yourself in a manual.
True, but it's harder to text and drive when you really do need both hands (and both feet) to drive successfully.
Anecdotally, I find driving a manual transmission keeps me much more in tune with all of the variables involved in driving (inside and outside the car) than driving an automatic does.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoOne of my daily drivers has a manual. If I wanted to be distracted in it would not be appreciably harder. In fact it would probably be easier because the cup holder location in that vehicle is more convenient for my cell phone. If I drove something with modern performance characteristics (enough torque to start in 2nd, hill assist, etc, etc) the fact that it has a manual would be even more of a non-issue.
- CydeWeys 7y agoThat was my experience with it as well. Once I got "fluent" in driving manual, I wasn't even consciously thinking about it, so it wasn't any harder to get distracted than when driving an automatic. And your hand isn't even on the shifter most of the time anyway.
- CydeWeys 7y agoYou're overestimating how important shifting is once you're already in motion. Sure, you won't be in the optimal gear, but I've seen people drive for surprisingly long amounts of time in the wrong gear because their hand was occupied doing something else (phone, eating, drinking, what have you). Additionally, you can keep your phone in your hand while moving the shifter.