Manual gearbox licence?

Lancpudn · 15th December 2021, 15:14

Is our generation going to be the last to pass a driving test en masse in a manual car? With ICE cars on a sell by date within the decade will the vast majority of the next generation of young drivers even notice or bother

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The reason I ask is our street is used by the local driving school to teach learner drivers & I see them passing from the front window but I've never seen the driving school using BEV cars yet.
I'd have thought they would have been using them by now regards to the difference in the braking systems with one pedal driving & other automated systems in them.

macafee2 · 15th December 2021, 15:43

For now, the under "20's" not passing a driving test in a manual is short sighted for those capable of driving a manual.

I can see in years to come, finding a driving school using a manual may be a problem, so what will become of those classic cars?

macafee2

Lancpudn · 15th December 2021, 16:12

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Originally Posted by macafee2

For now, the under "20's" not passing a driving test in a manual is short sighted for those capable of driving a manual.

I can see in years to come, finding a driving school using a manual may be a problem, so what will become of those classic cars?

macafee2

Yes this exactly, Bev's don't even have gears like an Autobox let alone a manual box. If my nephew & his friends (20-30 year old) are anything to go by they don't have anything to do with older cars or know very little what an MOT is or had cars that required MOT work done on them despite driving for around ten years.

RoverP480 · 16th December 2021, 17:43

I suspect in the near future the manual licence will disappear and it will just become a driving licence as new vehicles will be electric and if you drive a manual you will just have to lean on the fly, as I did with double declutching and a crash box.

Lancpudn · 16th December 2021, 18:39

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Originally Posted by RoverP480

I suspect in the near future the manual licence will disappear and it will just become a driving licence as new vehicles will be electric and if you drive a manual you will just have to lean on the fly, as I did with double declutching and a crash box.

Yes the I reckon you're right, The"Full licence" will soon be a thing of the past especially if lorries have a electric drivetrain too.

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macafee2 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 14,928 Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 3,032 Times in 2,181 Posts	For now, the under "20's" not passing a driving test in a manual is short sighted for those capable of driving a manual. I can see in years to come, finding a driving school using a manual may be a problem, so what will become of those classic cars? macafee2

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RoverP480 Gets stuck in None at the moment Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Hereford Posts: 501 Thanks: 1 Thanked 165 Times in 146 Posts	I suspect in the near future the manual licence will disappear and it will just become a driving licence as new vehicles will be electric and if you drive a manual you will just have to lean on the fly, as I did with double declutching and a crash box.