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Can you drive a manual transmission? (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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And where are you from? And how old? Not "do you" but just if you know how.

I'm in the US, mid 30s and can (and do) drive a manual transmission.

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[–] 108 points 3 years ago (6 children)

In Germany nearly everyone can drive manual. Used to be that if you didn't learn how to drive manual in driving school, you weren't allowed to drive manual with your license.

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  • [–] 26 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    AFAIK that is still the case, no?

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I can vouch for Belgium, where this is still the case. I have yet to meet someone who can only drive automatic (except for people with disabilities ofcourse)

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Oh, I can confirm I have met a person in Belgium who could only drive automatic.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Prettty sure that's still the case. I talked to a young person two weeks ago who said she's not allowed to drive a manual transmission car.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Yes, but it used to be that you had to do the majority of lessons in a manual, now it's reduced, you can get B197 with a few hours of manual. And then you can drive both.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Still the case, got my B197 driving license last week in Bavaria. You have 10 lessons with manual as part of your education, then the rest + exam on automatic. B197 allows to drive both, B allows automatic only.

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