I've always considered that weird, given most cars in Europe aren't automatic. Not sure what the exact stats are. Idiocracy? The only time I've had an accident

I've always considered that weird, given most cars in Europe aren't automatic. Not sure what the exact stats are. Idiocracy? The only time I've had an accident was in Canada, because I wasn't used to using an automatic and went forward unexpectedly. It's just what you're used to. Amusingly we got told off in California for "not knowing how to use our gears". As we hadn't put the auto into the low setting on a switchback. I did learn the benefit of that several years before when I burnt out my brakes the 1st time I drove in the alps and just wasn't used to the sustained descents.