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All of these people responding that they prefer auto so they can eat or otherwise not pay attention in the car are the best (only?) argument for why everyone should drive manual.
Whatever your transmission preference is, if you're not engaged in driving you shouldn't be on the road!
I assure you, as someone who has been driving a manual for years now, I can definitely eat a burger and drive while my mind wanders heh
You don't need to assure me of the blatantly obvious. My point wasn't that you can't eat and drive manual at the same time, it was that all these people claim automatic is a better transmission on the basis it facilitates their choice to drive distracted shouldn't be on the road. I didn't see a single person saying "oh I like driving manual better because it makes it easier for me to be an irresponsible road user".
Jesus Christ, I'm just goofing around, what the fuck is up with people on this website being so goddamn serious all the time?
You came across as super patronizing so I responded the same. It's not that big of a thing man, chill out.
But I even put the heh T_T me big American eat cheeseburger and drive car... How could it be patronizing?
git driving: not even once
true. when did the chad drink driving get replaced with soy 'distracted' driving
This is why I trust motorcyclists more than cars. A manual doesn't change this problem, a motorcycle does.
Ah yes those trustworthy cyclists going 30mph above the speed limit while weaving through traffic
That's how you know they're paying attention!
That's a different problem (that doesn't really exist where I live)
only to get rear ended by a 2 ton Nissan Altima with no bumpers doing 140
yea I actually do cause he probably has more skill then the rest of the drivers on the road and plus he ain't gonna kill anyone but himself if he crashes horribly
"he came outta nowhere officer I didn't even see him!"
Won't kill any other people nah, just cause irreparable traumatic damage to the car driver and the schoolbus of kids that drive by.
You can eat and not pay attention with a manual transmission, I don't know why we'd pretend you can't. If you're just on the highway cruising both are just going to be in one gear all the time.
Either way, the problem is that people have to drive even if they don't want to engage. The popularity of automatic transmissions proves that (to most Americans at least) cars are an appliance and something people do because they have to. Fuck cars.
I never claimed you couldn't eat and drive a manual. I said that people who claim autos are better because they make it easier to choose to drive distracted (alternative phrasing - who choose to drive like a reckless asshole) shouldn't be on the road.
Well, yeah, that's always been the case. There are some enthusiasts sure, but for the most part a car is seen as a more convenient bus. But people riding the bus seldom choose to behave dangerously while commuting, there's something about the mentality of these people (choosing to drive distracted) that is at odds with normal, acceptable behavior
It’s better to be skilled at distractive driving than being unskilled.