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.
Jan-27-2006 06:04
Yan
fauxhawk
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Wano
Re: Manual Trasmission: Archaic and Unsafe?
quote:
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.
Jan-27-2006 06:10
TranceSpeeder
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Europe
Re: Re: Manual Trasmission: Archaic and Unsafe?
quote:
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.
Jan-27-2006 06:13
mezzir
BEES?
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: assachusetts
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
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
Jan-27-2006 07:30
idoru
You Can Call Me Al
Registered: May 2004
Location: Cascadia
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.
Jan-27-2006 07:52
Boomer187
Spicy Hotdog
Registered: Aug 2001
Location: USA
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.
Jan-27-2006 08:14
guster
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: May 2004
Location: Alexandria, Louisiana
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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Jan-27-2006 08:31
Boomer187
Spicy Hotdog
Registered: Aug 2001
Location: USA
i dunno about safer drivers, but it is no impedance on normal driving.
Jan-27-2006 08:37
Allied Nations
Make it happen cap'n
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: MTHELL
Re: Re: Manual Trasmission: Archaic and Unsafe?
quote:
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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Jan-27-2006 08:46
guster
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: May 2004
Location: Alexandria, Louisiana
quote:
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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