It’s too bad kids no longer learn to drive in vehicles with standard transmissions. Learning how to operate a clutch can be momentarily humbling. That is not a bad thing for teenagers to experience. OK, I assume a few young people still do learn to drive in cars or trucks with old-fashioned gear shifters. Farm kids, maybe. Still, I’m guessing the vast majority of novice drivers prepare for their license exams on automatics. Many probably assume the only thing you need to know is which is the gas pedal and which is the brake. Now there’s no reason they can’t become safe, courteous drivers. But something about learning to use a clutch, the inevitable bucking and lurching maybe, tells a person that a motor vehicle is not to be taken lightly/Paul Turner/SR, The Slice. More here.

Question: Can you drive a standard transmission?