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Not only does a manual transmission help, but it kind of pushes everyone into that kind of driving. Maybe it's just because you don't need brakes as much. When
by netsp 17y ago
Not only does a manual transmission help, but it kind of pushes everyone into that kind of driving. Maybe it's just because you don't need brakes as much. When I drive an auto (usually rental), I find I'm a lot more aggressive.
I also fond that places with a higher percentage of auto drivers are heavier on the heavy traffic scooch-and-brake.
- eru 17y agoIn Germany manual transmissions are the norm. I heard people drive more aggressively than in the US. Might be a cultural thing, though.
- netsp 17y agoIt's not a straight conversion to aggression. Germans, I believe, drive fast. Maybe aggressively too. But, if you put them in an auto, they also pick up the behaviour of building speed fast for 1-2 seconds then braking hard. It happens a lot in dense, halting traffic. It's not the only way of being aggressive, but it's another way People don't do that in a manual because it's not fun. *In Italy people drive mostly manuals. They also drive like suicidal grandmas in fast forward.