All people over _____ know how to drive a manual

[Virtual01]

Simple topic, how old does a person have to be before you automatically assume that they know how to drive stick?

 

As someone living in the US, I don't think there has been a time when a person riding in my car for the first time didn't comment on the fact that it's a manual. I'm sure if I was twice as old though, nobody would care.

 

I realize that in some countries driving a manual is basically unavoidable, so I included an "everyone" option.

[Slyhawk]

Juts depends on the person there are lots of people that have no idea how to drive manual even though there past driving age.

[QueenDemetria]

N/A should be an answer, sadly.

[Josephdalepi]

is there an option for assume they dont?

no one knows how to drive a damn stick shift

hell, i only know cause i lived on a farm

[Chasem121]

I assume they do not, not matter the age

[0ld_Chicken]

I live in the US, for the most part, the only people that know how to drive manual are the people that were driving when that was the only option

[verydogesuchwow]

Every person I know drives a automatic, or at least those automatic/manual combo ones lol

only saw a real manual once in my lifetime haha

[connorpiper]

In America, manuals do not sell well because less and less people use them.

So I don't assume any to use them by a certain age. 

[glitchmaster0001]

im like 16 and in the US a country where almost everyone is a lazy ass and drives autos lol. yet i know how to drive a manual and i know some of the tricks with one to liek clutchless shifting but i really dont recommend doing it 

[thatguyyouknow75]

All people with a y chromosome know how to drive a manual

[CarDesinr]

I assume everyone should know how to drive stick if you have a license. One day my kids will only have manual cars so they can't text and drive.....

[Whorax]

I refuse to own anything but stick. I learned how to drive them when I was 16, which was when I got my first car.

 

Therefore I assume expect that all guys 16 and over know how to do so, and cool girls 16 and over know how to do so.

 

Edit: I suppose I should say I assume nobody knows how to drive them.

[Lethal Seraph]

7 minutes ago, connorpiper said:

In America, manuals do not sell well because less and less people use them.

So I don't assume any to use them by a certain age. 

 

It's the best anti-theft system in the US.

[RyomaSJibenG]

during my time, everyone must get manual license

only recently (2010 maybe) they started to separate auto and manual licenses

 

so i used to assume everyone can drive manual at 18...but not anymore....

[Guest]

Here in Victoria if you take your exam in an auto, your probationary license is restricted to auto however you graduate from that after 3 years of driving and you can drive a manual. With that being said though, most people I know who are above 25 know how to drive a manual while those below mostly don't.

[Admiral Naismith]

American here.

 

Most people don't drive manuals here. Those I know that do are car enthusiasts.

If you don't like cars beyond getting from A to B, then there isn't a good reason to drive manual.

I argue driving a manual in the states is a bigger pain in the ass versus Europe simply do to the f*cking stupid speed limit system. You'd be shifting all the time. Also we don't have (nearly as many) roundabouts here, so lots of stopping and starting as well. Plus manuals are less efficient.

[Swndlr]

All the kids at my high school drive auto

those pussies

[as96]

Here in Italy everyone drives manual.

Auto is not popular, basically it's the opposite of the US.

[Virtual01]

13 minutes ago, as96 said:

13 minutes ago, as96 said:

Here in Italy everyone drives manual.

Auto is not popular, basically it's the opposite of the US.

 

 

Is that mainly because of the efficiency of manual cars and the absurd European gas prices?

[Mathematical]

2 hours ago, thatguyyouknow75 said:

All people with a y chromosome know how to drive a manual

More of my female friends know how to drive manual than male.

[Mathematical]

2 hours ago, CarDesinr said:

I assume everyone should know how to drive stick if you have a license. One day my kids will only have manual cars so they can't text and drive.....

Don't do that then they will just leave it in 2nd gear and cruise with a constant rpm of 7k.

[Volbet]

Everyone with a drivers license in Denmark knows how to drive a manuel. You can't legally get a drivers license if your driving lessons took place with an automatic. 

So everyone over 18, who has a drivers license, knows how to drive a manuel. 

[cluelessgenius]

honestly i dont think about this as age related. around here almost everyone knows how to drive manual. if someone tells me he doesnt i assume he/she is either really stupid (have seen it) or doesnt drive at all yet or has always had a family so rich he only had top shelf super expensive cars.

[MeepLikesToBuildPc's]

I'm 14 and know how to shift stick. my dad gives me a couple of driving lessons a month in this huge parking lot, so i've shifted up to 3rd. really, the first time i would keep stalling the car by releasing the clutch way too fast, and going on the brakes without putting the clutch in, but 3 lessons furhter i'm completely used to it

 

as for the country i live in, well a total of 3 cars in my street are auto, of about 15 cars. that including my mom's merc, which is auto. mind you, her 2012 merc is her first auto car. (and she has had tons of cars, rover, VW, citroen, lancia, and many more. she hated her rover though)

[AlTech]

6 hours ago, Virtual01 said:

Simple topic, how old does a person have to be before you automatically assume that they know how to drive stick?

 

As someone living in the US, I don't think there has been a time when a person riding in my car for the first time didn't comment on the fact that it's a manual. I'm sure if I was twice as old though, nobody would care.

 

I realize that in some countries driving a manual is basically unavoidable, so I included an "everyone" option.

I'm not old enough to drive where I live but in the US I could learn. Honestly I would learn both.