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From: Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Driver's license restrictions (Was: Controlling the Garbage Collector)
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:16:29 -0700 (PDT)
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Martin Gregorie wrote:
> Lew wrote:
>> Martin Gregorie wrote:
>>> Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>>>>      It is a rational choice if you know how to use a manual
>>>> transmission.
>>>>
>>> And have a license that says you're qualified to use it.
>> 
>> I live in the U.S. I know of no state here that has a separate driver's
>> license for manual-transmission vehicles.
>>
> The countries where I've obtained driving licenses (NZ and the UK) both 
> have a restriction that prevents a person who learnt on an automatic from 
> driving a manual shift without additional training. The opposite does not 
> apply: learn on a manual gearbox and you're good to go on an automatic.
> 
> As I stupidly did my right leg a lot damage a few years ago I'm now 
> restricted to driving an automatic with a left-foot accelerator, which 
> makes sense: I can drive a conventionally equipped manual Hilux pickup 
> for short distances (2-3 km) but would not want to drive it on the road 
> for any distance. I presume you're used to similar restrictions in the 
> USA?

I personally am not. I know of no place in the U.S. that restricts one to 
driving an automatic without a certification for manual transmissions. I do 
not know of medical restrictions, e.g., having to have a left-foot accelerator 
if you cannot use the right foot, but they might well exist as that is outside 
my area of knowledge. I do know that if you need prescription eyewear you 
are not permitted to drive without it on.