My theory: They both learned how to drive using manual cars. Both girls had to first master the art of 3 pedals to even get going which propelled them in a more alert state of mind behind the wheel which has translated to better drivers even though they both use automatic SUVs now. If I have a daughter, or kids in general, I will first teach them how to drive using a beater stick shift vehicle. Opinions??

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they can do that too but as long as they're allowed to drive on the road, i want to be safe and make sure my future children aren't a hazard to themselves or others.

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I agree 100%. I think a good way to force younger drivers to stay alert while driving would be to require driving a manual for the first, say, three years of licensed driving, unless, of course, they have some disability that means they can't drive a manual.

It's nothing to do with gender (the vast majority of people I know who are my age of either gender can't drive a manual), it's just a matter of being forced to pay attention in order to drive at all.

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Most of the girls I know are great drivers. Not great rally/drifto/F1 drivers but great, safe overall drivers, and I know some guys that are not only douchebags but don't know a single thing going on around them on the road and end up getting honked at every single time I'm in the car with them.

Oh and I know a girl that learned how to drive on a stick and had a manual MKII Golf as a first car. She is a terrifyingly bad driver, but still not as bad as the douche that drives the red lifted diesel Dodge truck that I used to know. And the best driver I've been in a car with? A girl I've known since 5th grade that was the token class ditz and drove a white auto Camry. She actually checked her blindspots, used her turn signals and merged on to the freeway a reasonable speeds.

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The only thing I don't like is that she drives too close for comfort behind people sometimes. It's not that I don't trust her, its just that I personally like to have and leave more room for others.

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I think I'm a better driver for starting out on an automatic because it allowed me to focus on road signs, speed limits, and pedestrians instead of if I'm rev-matching or what gear would be optimal for my exit speed out of a turn.

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Modified by Jettin2Class at 6:59 PM 11-7-2009

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It's a good thought, and I kind of agree with it having been / being a big thing for me, but there are a lot of horrible, horrible drivers who have manual transmissions.

Driving stick doesn't really "force" you to pay any more attention to anything other than what you're doing yourself, and there are a lot of people who really don't think about what gear they should be getting in, just which one they need to change to when they need to - downshift when the engine starts to do this "bogging down" thing someone told them about or when they're in too high of a gear to accelerate satisfactorily, and shift at "x" RPM or when a light comes on.

There are a lot of us who might credit driving a stick as being something that we feel made us good drivers, but there are still some really bad drivers who "know" how to drive a manual transmission car.

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I feel that men are riskier drivers (thus higher insurance rates) but we do ish on purpose.

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