http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/co...08113602252329/

Whatever I would rather have a driver who is "distacted" by the stick shift than talking on a cell phone, doing makeup, eating etc....If anything, I would hope that the need to shift discourages drivers from doing other distracting activities....Just about a month and a half ago I went from an auto to a manual and I think that I am a more careful driver now

Distraction my ass, thats like saying that steering is a distraction.

Since when is DRIVING THE FUCKING CAR a distraction.

id beat his ass with a fucking manual shift knob.

maybe if more people drove stick less would talk on their cellphone.

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Originally posted by TranceSpeeder maybe if more people drove stick less would talk on their cellphone.

Highly doubt it.

You don't need to keep your hands on the stick at all times. Multi-tasking FTW.

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Originally posted by Yan Highly doubt it. You don't need to keep your hands on the stick at all times. Multi-tasking FTW.

yea well it can happen just saying... cell phones is worse than a stick shift.

wow thats a buncha horse shit
that entire article seemed like he was talking out of his ass
i only learned to drive stick a few months ago. i learned in a 99 chevy prizm, a car with no tachometer. and honestly, who, after actually learning to drive stick, needs a tachometer or complete silence to shift well?
lol that article pissed me off more than it should've

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery People who don't know how to use stick shouldn't even be driving.

so true and they are lazy

The first couple of times you drive with a stick, you do tend to focus more on shifting than on your surroundings. However once you master it, it becomes second nature. I drive a stick and I don't even think about shifting; I just do it.

lol, its funny how diluted and clueless some people can be. You would think writing outlets would try to not let those people write for them, oh well.

hell no it's not a distraction. if anything, it makes the driver pay more attention to the road.

anybody that drives a standard knows how it becomes second-nature and that if anything, i think it makes people safer drivers.

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i dunno about safer drivers, but it is no impedance on normal driving.

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Originally posted by Yan Multi-tasking FTW.

Multi-tasking FTW? More like: More accidents related to cel phones than almost anything else.. even alchohol i believe.

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Originally posted by Boomer187 i dunno about safer drivers, but it is no impedance on normal driving.

by safer i meant more attentive, i guess.. i know it does for me.

makes road head a bitch, though.

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