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Manual Trasmission: Archaic and Unsafe?
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| TranceSpeeder |
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 ING CAR a distraction.
id beat his ass with a ing manual shift knob.
maybe if more people drove stick less would talk on their cellphone. |
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| Yan |
| 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. |
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| TranceSpeeder |
| 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. |
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| mezzir |
wow thats a buncha horse
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 :p |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| People who don't know how to use stick shouldn't even be driving. |
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| InterMilan31 |
| quote: | 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 |
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| idoru |
| 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. |
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| Boomer187 |
| 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. |
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| guster |
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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| Boomer187 |
| i dunno about safer drivers, but it is no impedance on normal driving. |
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| Allied Nations |
| 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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| guster |
| 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. :haha: |
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