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eh for cars maybe, but an automatic test for your commercial drivers license to operate a tractor trailer comes with some pretty severe restrictions. they're n
by nimbius 4y ago
eh for cars maybe, but an automatic test for your commercial drivers license to operate a tractor trailer comes with some pretty severe restrictions. they're nice for day drivers like the beer trucks and FedEx mules but regional and over the road/interstate drivers can't upgrade to tankers or low boy trailers in most states unless they can jockey a stick.
auto boxes on semi trucks also do some squirrley things on long hills and descents where control is pretty darn important.
- falcolas 4y agoI picture this is, and will continue to, change with the passing of time. DCT and CVT will likely come for semi trucks as they came for motorcycles and cars.
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- mbostleman 4y agoI got my CDL in 1990 on a Silver Eagle tour bus. I was already comfortable with manual transmissions, but the double clutching blew my mind. It was a whole other level of understanding what all had to happen to transfer power.