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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
Given we seem to insist on sticking to manual transmissions when most of the rest of the world are using automatics I have no comment to make on the driving test.
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Its only really the US, Canada and Australia that go for autos, and that's because they traditionally used large, lazy engines that are well matched to lazy autoboxes.
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Originally Posted by 007stuart
Don't see why the major car manufacturers can't do the same as the parallel parking facility and get the car to do it.
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Because a driver should be able to manoeuvre a car without automated assistance. While modern cars' massive windscreen pillars and stupid windows don't help, a driver who can't parallel park or do a turn in the road shouldn't really be driving.