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Originally Posted by phoenix1002
Personally, I think they should just stop making automatic transmissions-its rather difficult to steer, shift, and hold a phone at the same time.
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Just curious. I've heard this before, that a stick shift is safer for a variety of reasons. It doesn't seem logical to me. The driver of a stick shift has three additional things to do--manage the clutch, manually shift gears, and keep track of rpm's--that the driver of an automatic does not. An automatic transmission eliminates these things that might divert a driver's attention from the road. Is there any evidence one way or the other that one type of transmission is safer than the other? Has a study been done?
How about clutchless manual shift? My car and my wife's car both have this (she says it's not a real manual because it has no clutch and a rev limiter).
In any case, I've seen people with phones balanced on their shoulders and propped against their cheeks while driving. I don't think it would eliminate cell phone driving.