Automatic Driving Licence.....

[PyreneesPlot]

Manual car and a motorcycle licence.

[noviceveggrower]

Just a plain manual licence here. Always wanted to ride a motor bike but I have an ear imbalance which means I can't even ride a pedal bike or push along scooter probably.

[Alison]

Full licence here (and still an old paper one which I understand allows me to drive stuff you can't if you pass it now although not as much as my grandparents could, there was all sorts on theirs). Drove an automatic for a few weeks when I damaged my left leg but would never get one by choice, like to do stuff myself and feel in control. Would only get an automatic if I was incapacitated in some manner and had no choice.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Ah the old little red book driving license had one of those when I first passed in 1964..............is it really that long ago.

So thinking about it I did at some stage have a motor cycle license as they were automatic then when you passed your manual car test.

[FB.]

Would only get an automatic if I was incapacitated in some manner and had no choice.

The problem with most automatics in the UK is that petrol (and even diesel) is expensive so we like small economical engines which aren't big enough to allow the auto-box any margin of error in its decision making (since it can't read the road ahead).

Over in the USA where petrol is cheap, big-engine, automatic cars are common.

[Alison]

Over in the USA where petrol is cheap, big-engine, automatic cars are common.

Even if fuel were cheap here I'd not want a huge gas guzzler, see no point in wasting resources totally unnecessarily. Most of the time it's a max of two of us in the car due to practical reasons so don't need to drive a tank (and they're harder to park )