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submitted 1 year ago by raptir@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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[-] DarkwinDuck@feddit.de 108 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

AFAIK that is still the case, no?

[-] kernelle@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

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)

[-] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] kernelle@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I've met plenty of people who should be driving automatic though lmao

[-] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Honestly, I lived in Antwerp for a while... I think the transmission is the least of their problems.

[-] aurele@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Still the case in France, although you can upgrade your "automatic-only" driving license to a regular one by following an additional 7 hour course.

[-] Jerry1098@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

It's possible to do an automatic only license, but for most people it doesn't make sense to do so, so no one does.

[-] DasRubberDuck@feddit.de 15 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] DarkwinDuck@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] DasRubberDuck@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

B197 I just learned about "Schlüsselzahl 78" and "Schlüsselzahl 197". Interesting. 10 lessons of 45 minutes in a manual car and a 15 minute test drive apparently.

[-] Tuss@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Same in Sweden. Most people get a license for manual and then buy an automatic.

[-] koorool@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] DarkwinDuck@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Not entirely accurate, B allows both manual and automatic, you get B by doing everything including the exam in a manual car, B78 is automatic only and B197 allows you to drive manual and automatic as well but as you described with only 10 manual lessons.

[-] koorool@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for clarification!

[-] PurpleSheeple@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That’s still the case all over the EU since rules for driving licenses are more or less the same all over the EU. Even the licenses look the same except maybe some minor details

[-] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

It's like that in Australia.

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