Americans literally have the most retarded traffic laws, which I guess makes sense because the average burger has no idea how to drive on a real road. Stops and traffic lights at every fucking intersection. Ever hear of a yeild sign, burgers? I bet none of you even know who has the right of way at an uncontrolled intersection in pic related.
>slav drivers
>good
We've all seen the youtube dashcam videos coming from your part of the world, don't think you can fool us.
The blue car has the right of way.
Well there on the wrong side of the road. That should be your first concern.
>>78140142
Look at what side of the road the cars are on burger. Red has right of way
>>78140349
I got really mad for a second.
>>78139714
At least our national car isn't the Lada.
>Driving on the left side of the road
>>78140513
that's a moscovich
>>78139714
What's the problem? The cats already went through the intersection. You see here in America where cars the first mass produced cars were created, we drive on the right side of the road
>>78139714
We stop at our intersections
>>78139714
>uncontrolled intersection
What, are you too poor for signs?
Neither car has right of way, as they're both on the wrong side of the road.
>>78139714
>>78140711
>>78140692
>>78140248
>>78140142
>>78139966
Roundabouts fix this problem and cut the avergae journey time too.
>>78139714
we have rotaries in some parts of US
>>78140779
up to a point
>>78140779
My God England. Are you guys afraid of everything?
>Knives are sharp so let's ban them
>Guns can hurt someone let's ban those
>Cars can crash so let's make the roads childproof because we don't know how to act at an intersection
What's next? Are you going to ban rope because it can be used to hang someone? Perhaps ypu will regulate it so it breaks if you use more than 10 pounds of force but wait! What if someone hangs a kid who weighs less than 10 pounds?
>>78141025
I'll concede that in some cases roundabouts are not worth it.
However at the majority of 4-way intersections, especially those with stop signs, roundabouts are a vast improvement.
>>78139714
we have yield signs
>>78141113
Our country is overpopulated, as such our roads have to be as efficient as possible.
65 million people in an area smaller than michigan.
>>78140779
Why is UK always shilling roundabouts? To many civil engineers with a doctorate in roundabouts trying to get some business in America?
>>78141113
>Knives are sharp so let's ban them
Only on illegal knives, justify why you need an illegal knife
>Guns can hurt someone let's ban those
We can have shotguns and rifles with he right licence
>Cars can crash so let's make the roads childproof because we don't know how to act at an intersection
Intersections are the poor man's roundabout.
>>78141325
Because Americans are always bitching about commute times, and roundabouts would help to shut you up.
>>78141325
>They are often safer, more efficient, less costly and more aesthetically appealing than conventional intersection designs
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/intersection/innovative/roundabouts/
>>78141113
>Are you going to ban rope because it can be used to hang someone?
Fucking hell, don't give our politicians ideas.
>>78140779
We don't need roundabouts in America because we know how to design roads so that 5 or fucking more don't converge at one spot.
>>78139714
The bar for a license is so fucking low here and depending on your state you either have an unsolvable cluster fuck of traffic where everybody on the road learned how to drive in a different state or the polar opposite.
Can't wait for smart cars personally. It's never enjoyable to drive anymore.
>>78141254
plenty of empty countryside in england you faggot. and plenty of room in scotland
>>78141350
All other shit aside you guys shouldn't need a reason to carry around some kind of survival knife. What if you get trapped by your seatbelt in a crash or something?
>>78141113
Are you really implying that roundabouts don't solve a lot of problems? Is the american system so shit that people can't learn the simple rules of roundabouts? Next you're going to tell me you drive an automatic you turbocuck.
>>78140513
Made from Croatian tank parts?
>>78141254
England is only 11% Urban.
You guys should have a population of 600 million.
Time to take in more refugees :^]
>>78141176
Curious. Does it actually say yield on your signs everywhere or is that one just a rare case?
Since that would imply people don't understand the signs, therefore they need text on them.
>>78140779
roundabouts are bretty nice, wish they were more common in burgerland
>>78141646
>plenty of empty countryside in england you faggot. and plenty of room in scotland
Countryside? Yes. Empty? No.
>>78141350
>arbitrarily illegal knives.
>>78141738
Ironically more people actually yield when there are no signs.
Witness any intersection when the light is out. The caution makes people hyper aware and suddenly civilized.
>>78141738
Almost all signs have text on them Dane
>>78141582
>we know how to design roads
But you sure don't know how to control the traffic flow
>>78141664
>I don't know how to drive so can we make everything extremely simple for me
I do drive an auto, and guess what? Autos are faster these days you fucking idiot, at least here in America they are, who knows what piece of shit cars your country produces
>>78141325
Roundabouts are fine till you get to the multilane monstrosities and the rules get weird.
>Ukrainian posting about traffic laws
>90% of gruesome dashboard videos come from the Ukraine
cyka blyat
if +2 cars arrive @ a 4way intersection controlled by a stop sign at the same time, the car on the right (US) has the right away, if 4 cars arrive @ the same time the car to the north has the 1st right away. then proceed to the car on the right.
idk what you do in those ass backwards countries, but it's not right.
But we have these tho
Blue car goes first. Becouse there are no yield signs, this cant be in UK. Therefore people drives right, but these are one-way roads, both.
>>78141613
This. People have gotten worse and worse at driving because they're fucking morons. Automatics didn't help because every dumb ass soccer mom can now drive a minivan or SUV.
The cars in your diagram are on the wrong side of the road sir.
>>78140142
where there's no other indicators (no signage, neither road is more major) it's a first-come, first-serve deal with an assumed give-way at all sides.
Since Blue appears a few pixels further towards the roundabout, Blue wins.
>>78142038
>the car to the north has the 1st right away
let me just break out my compass
This is what I see when I turn into my neighborhood. American roads are heavily labeled to prevent confusion. The blue is lights are for the entrance monuments so people don't run into them
>>78139714
>I bet none of you even know who has the right of way at an uncontrolled intersection in pic related
>right of way
>right of
>right
Traffic on the right. Now go focus on your civil war.
>>78141827
yeah, are you retarded?
>>78139714
If it's a 4 way intersection with equal priority whoever arrives first has the right of way. Otherwise, the driver to the right has priority.
In your case, since you posted an image from some left lane driving country, it would probably be inverted.
So the last to arrive would go first, and you would yield to those to the left if you arrive at the same time.
>>78141964
You drive an auto because you're a fucking cuck who can't manage manual shift.
>claims we don't know how to drive
>drives an auto
KEK
>>78141660
http://www.ukpreppersguide.co.uk/uk-knife-law/
This should clear up your misconceptions of our knife laws, a knife used like your example would probably be fine.
>>78141890
Are you saying you have no rules that arrange the right of way in a non-controlled intersection with no lights, signs or painted symbols?
>>78141952
Most traffic in the US is on freeways, not 2 or 4 lane streets.
>>78139714
Americans are so stupid they can't even use manual transmission. Can you imagine that? They're so dumb they don't understand the concept of how gears work. In Europe, most Americans would be legally retarded.
Mythbusters already proved that 4 lane crossings are more efficient than roundabouts
>>78142243
Ecosystem supports farming, you can't jsut cut down countryside without damaging the ecosystem and subsequently british farming.
>>78140779
They are shit when you have more than two lanes. Sorry, but our national infrastructure isn't cobblestone goat trails so this doesn't work.
whoever gets there first has the right of way
and people drive on the right side of the road
only stupid monkeys drive on the left side
prove me wrong
you cant!
>>78142005
>Roundabouts are fine till you get to the multilane monstrosities and the rules get weird.
How are the rules weird in multi lane roundabouts?
>>78142047
>implying everybody else doesn't
lmao
>>78139714
(((One post by this ID)))
Stop feeding bait threads, bluepills.
>>78139714
Best drivers: New Yorkers
Worst drivers: every other damn American
>1 post by this ID
Jesus tap dancing christ, will you tards stop falling for these non politics bait threads?
>>78139714
I have the right of way because fuck you
>>78142260
No automatic as an option is relic tier technology.
"The newest automated manual gearboxes shift faster and more appropriately than almost any driver can accomplish with a manual gearbox. It rev matches on downshifts and always seems to be in the appropriate gear. And since the automation for the gearbox includes a level of intelligence (without the accompanying ‘red mist’) they won’t destroy themselves in an ill-chosen downshift from sixth to second on the track."
>>78142268
They exist but people are complacent and let the lights and signs do the work. This is why there are so many accidents that are caused by 'well I didn't think you were going to go' or some variation of it.
In the absence of lights or signs people suddenly become attuned. I think there was some study that showed the same thing.
>>78142297
All of my vehicles have been standard transmission, so no...
>this triggers Americans
>>78142353
Except they did the opposite.
>>78142260
>His country doesn't make auto cars that come with a manual shifting option
Must suck living in such a shit country.
>>78142370
>meanwhile every fucking intersection on a normal 1-lane roads is a 4 way stop with signs or lights
>No facilities for pedestrians or cyclists
>No public transport to speak of
Most of your infrastructure is hilariously shitty.
>>78142370
Multi-lane roundabouts with traffic light systems.
They work at motorway intersections between cities, Americans don't have the need for this since an intersection midway between 4 or 5 large cities will be in the middle of no-where with no traffic flow.
In the UK this might only be 5-10miles out and teh traffic flow ill be pretty high still.
It works for us but won't for you.
>>78142542
Why would that trigger us?
>>78141964
>I do drive an auto, and guess what? Autos are faster these days you fucking idiot
>against manual cars
>against roundabouts
Why, so you can eat a burguer with one of your hands while you wait in a intersection?
>>78142109
I would be fine if people would at least learn to use the fucking fast lane correctly. Speed is relative sure but I'm convinced it's the slow meandering retards that cause all the accidents. After all you don't see many people forced to change lanes etc. to get around the guy speeding.
>>78141855
Refer to:
>>78142267
Specifically 'Knives that are illegal', justify why you need any knife on that list.
>>78142542
>no planet destroying laser in the middle
I'm not triggerd; just dissapointed
>>78142434
>Best drivers: New Yorkers
It's like you've never been to Long Island.
>>78142587
It's almost like the entire country was planned around automobiles and cheap gas.
/sarc.
>>78142560
are you talking about a normal car?
Tard cars are automatic
>>78142508
>they won’t destroy themselves in an ill-chosen downshift from sixth to second on the track."
>Americans try to claim automatics are better
>What they actually mean is 'I'm so retarded that I would break it if it let me choose my own gears'
Every. Single. Time.
The only thing that would be more based than the American roadway would be the american privatized roadway
>>78142536
Or maybe you just have too much lard in your dumb amerifat head to understand that having a parking mode doesn't constitute manual transmission.
What can you expect from automatic transmission drivers anyway?
>>78142800
>american privatized roadway
>driving on the asphalt jew
>>78142374
America has most advanced animal manipulation studies, therefore the first driving monkeys would come from America. As monkeys are stupid, and prototypes are usually inferior, one can conclude that these monkeys would be stupid, and would originate in America. Assuming the American instructors were intelligent enough to teach the monkey to drive on the right, one would say that stupid monkeys would drive on the right. As you state that one cannot prove you wrong, the monkey has been taught to drive on the wrong side of the road. Therefore American instructors are too stupid to teach a monkey to drive on the correct side of the road for their country.
Therefore Americans are stupid.
>>78141738
In order to pass the driving test you need to identify multiple signs by just their shape and color. But yes, the real signs have text. Not gonna lie, however, the driving test is too easy, imo, so many dipshits on the road. The majority of them are non-white/foreigners.
>>78142831
>>78142434
>Best drivers: New Yorkers
You're kidding, right?
>>78142831
yes, but can you hold a starbucks latte and drive at the same time?
#rekt
>>78142297
Over here you are forced to learn manual or you don't get your license and the learning process is really extensive, the girl that did the exam with me failed, she let the car stall 6 times because she was trying to start moving the car in 3rd gear.
>>78142542
>this triggers amerifats
>>78142887
If you can teach a monkey to drive it's already smarter than your average Australian
>>78141890
>>78141945
>>78142898
Ah, I understand.
Thank you, my fatso friends.
>>78140349
Actually neither of them give way since they are exiting the intersection (if this really is in America). I do not know why both cars would be reversing through intersection
>>78142560
Barely anyone here but old people want to buy automatics, they are available but most people don't want a cuck car.
>>78142801
Haha good one... No, I know the difference, friend
>>78142682
>'planned'
>>78142831
What functional advantage does manual have?
I drive a CVT and its comfortable and efficient
>>78142353
nice one.
>>78142983
>Nascar
>V8 Supercars
>>78142716
>Faster more efficient shifting
>No room for human error
"XD manual may be worse performance wise and efficiency wise but i see you said "room for error" haha cucks can't handle old trash technology i lol errryytime XD"
*posts forced reaction image*
Simmer down
>>78142709
You are retarded, auto costs extra, auto also comes with paddleshifters that let you put the car into a manual mode to change your own gears if you want to. It's the best of both worlds. Try driving a car that's not from the 90s
>>78142542
did your city planners graduate from Sim City U? i don't see any factories or offices...
You're driving on the wrong side faggot. Stay in your faggot cuntry.
>>78143059
Goodlettsville paddleshfters on an automatic, clearly your country hasn't discovered this technology yet
>>78139714
So, what? Were you watching Top Gear and got triggered by cars driving on the right side of the road?
>>78143104
Auto is great and my car is auto.
In the future, most cars will be auto here as well, since they're better and getting cheaper to produce.
Still think people should learn how to use manual, it weeds out the retards (read: young girls).
>>78139714
>driving on the wrong side of the road
sage
>>78139966
eat stick [automatically]
>>78143142
What about 'em?
>>78139714
Yield to the right, except at T intersections where the lane of the vehicle to the right terminates.
>>78139714
both cars are driving on the wrong side of the road
>>78143152
>Simmer down
I'm not the one getting anally devastated over lacking a skill everyone with a drivers license should have, anon.
>>78142508
>It rev matches on downshifts
Are there people who drive standard who don't do this?
>>78143219
An automatic with paddle shifters is still an automatics... Automatics in Europe are generally considered to be for the handicapped, elderly and retarded. My grandma drives an automatic.. And people who only have one leg.
>>78141350
>the fhoundin fathas didn't ave any knoives liek deez, m8, justify why you need a assoault knoifle
>>78142978
Triggers me too. God damn what a boring salad.
>>78143152
>>Faster more efficient shifting
>>No room for human error
This.
The reason auto is banned in F1 is because it's too good and they want to leave room for human error.
Same reason ABS is banned in F1.
Maybe back in the day manual was better because auto selected the wrong gear or something, but those days are over.
OP you wouldn't last 2 seconds in Seattle traffic. The little cuck mobiles you drive don't work in the real world.
>>78143511
Manual is still better for most Europeans though.. Likely for Americans too, because depite their meming most of them don't actually have F1-tier paddle shifting cars with DGS boxes.
>>78142609
>geez roundabouts are kipper int they? traffic lights are for americans and their rooty tooty point and shooties
>"well actually roundabouts dont work so well when there is heavy flow"
>lol just add traffic lights to it lad for fucks sake it works or sumfin innit
>>78142978
Obviously because of that romaine lettuce. What are you a plebeian?
>>78143429
makes sense for people that have 30 hour work weeks, but in the US 45 hour work weeks are becoming the new normal, we're not trying to impress anyone on the highway, we're simply driving to work.
The reason Americans have automatics is that Americans don't actually enjoy driving. What Americans like doing is eating at 130km/h.
OP you wouldn't last 2 seconds in Atlanta traffic. The little cuck mobiles you drive don't work in the real world.
>>78142542
wow that looks like it was made especially for nuking desu
>>78143652
>What Americans like doing is eating at 130km/h.
God bless you Japan.
>>78143219
You're just to lazy and retarded to drive stick, admit it. Autos are readily available here yet nobody wants them since everyone already learned how to drive manual. There's nothing more satisfying than having that level of control over your car, feels so good going on a highway and shift to highest gear, it's like commanding a beast you tamed. Must be sad to be a lazy cuck that can't efficiently shift gears and use the clutch.
>>78143565
>Look at this typical American street with typical American traffic
>Everything is exactly the same as everywhere else, only with more automatic transmissions
Ok.
I've never cared for stick shift cars. They just aren't my thing.
I've driven a few manuals in the past and I don't like how long it takes to engage the gear and get moving. I like to zip around and move when I want to move.
With manual you have to re-engage 1st gear every time you stop. And that probably takes me a good 3-5 seconds. With auto you just step on it and you're gone.
You can also tell when you're behind somebody with a manual car because in the time it takes them to engage the gear and start accelerating, everybody in front of them is already gone. And every time you want to upshift you have to let off the gas, clutch in, shift, and re-engage the next gear, causing you to slow down and possibly disrupt traffic behind you. Not to mention trying to start on hills and whatnot.
Manuals just seem so antiquated in my opinion. They feel slower and less responsive compared to modern-day automatics. I don't really understand the fascination behind them, automatics take only a fraction of a second to upshift whereas a manual takes like 2-4 seconds to upshift (depending on experience or skill level, of course).
Even though you have more "control" over which gear you want to be in, it takes longer to shift and engage the gear than it would in an automatic. Most modern automatics are also pretty intuitive and are able to sense what you're trying to do depending on throttle input and the speed at which the throttle is applied.
Whenever people talk about how much they enjoy manual, I don't understand why. In my opinion, it's kind of a pain in the ass how you have to do all that work to get moving and the guy next to you in the automatic is already gone. Like, why would you row a boat when you could get one with a motor on the back for the same price.
What makes a manual car enjoyable? Maybe some people also think it makes them look "tough", or like they are a professional driver, but speaking from my experience manuals seem like a big pain in the ass.
>>78143588
>Manual is still better for most Europeans though
this is objectively false you dumb clognigger
>>78143104
if you ever get in a situation where your engine is malfunctioning and need to get the fuck away AKA sitting on railroad tracks, you can use the starter to roll off the tracks even if the engine itself doesn't work.
you also get better control over how much braking you're doing with the motor, if for some reason you would want to motorbrake more or less.
you also get to stay in a higher gear at lower speeds if you know there's a reverse incline coming, something a lot of autos wouldn't let you
you also get a better sense of the cars state, whether the gearbox needs maintenance or not.
you also get to rev your engine.
>>78143589
Our roads are more efficient than American roads, you don't have an argument.
>>78143322
Why is everyone pretending that being able to drive a manual car is some kind of great achievement?
It's like acting all high and mighty because you can use an abacus.
Anyone can use one.
But the question is why would you?
We have better solutions now, like computers and automatic transmissions.
>>78143683
>>78143565
If you're going to give an example of shitty traffic, you could have at least used LA
>>78143623
40 hour work week is standard here, I don't even know what you're on about.
>We're not trying to impress anyone
Being able to drive a standard transmission is about as impressive as being able to tie your own shoelaces... It's not that having the skill is impressive, it's that lacking it is retarded.
>Like, why do you even still learn to tie your shoes if we've got this NASA spacemagic called velcro now?
This is what Americans sound like..
>>78143904
im saying you're criticizing daily drivers, you're not gaining much by putting a clutch on your corolla.
>>78143747
Slap a slugbox on a typical <2L non supercharged non turbo economobile you see in European cities and tell me you wouldn't prefer a manual you can redline when pulling away from a traffic light.
>inb4 get a bigger car with a bigger engine
Enjoy your taxes, gas prices and trying to park that bitch in a medieval city.
>>78143588
>Manual is still better for most Europeans though
It's worse.
Modern cars are far better at choosing the right gear for whatever you are doing.
It knows exactly where the peak performance of the engine is and will choose the right gear, whereas you are somewhat guessing from looking at the RPMs, or listening to the sound of the engine.
![20150313_Greece_FO[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/DRLeVWv.jpg "20150313_Greece_FO[1].jpg")
>>78143904
>>78143724
>thinks America is only big cities
What a cuck you are
>>78143277
One turns left, the other requires a brain.
>>78144023
>slugbox
>implying automatic transmissions are fucking SLOW
>choosing to constantly change gears in slow city traffic just so you can take off from a red light a little bit faster
low intelligence
You are all retarded.
You simply stop and check for the singal of the other driver, most people do know the rules.
>>78144023
Have you ever driving an automatic car?
This is a serious question.
Every automatic I have ever been in will shift down and let you accelerate fast if you floor the accelerator.
>>78143788
>Why is everyone pretending that being able to drive a manual car is some kind of great achievement?
It isn't. That's the point.. Whole generations of Americans are given drivers licenses at 16 while they're not actually able to operate basic motor vehicles with standard transmissions. That's retarded. Being able to drive a standard is normal.
>It's like acting all high and mighty because you can use an abacus.
No, because being able to use one is normal.
>Anyone can use one.
Except Americans, by your analogy.
>But the question is why would you?
Because it's nice to be able to use an Abacus if you've left your calculator or phone at home
>We have better solutions now, like computers and automatic transmissions.
>We have computers and automatic transmissions now, so knowing how to add, subtract and spell by your own faculties are no longer valuable skills.
>We have velco now. So why learn to tie shoes?
>We have life vests now. Why learn to swim?
>>78144003
I'm not saying people shouldn't get an automatic transmission if they want to.. I'm saying people shouldn't get drivers licenses that enable them to drive standard cars if they're not actually able to drive standard cars.
We have licenses for automatics only in Europe, for those too retarded, stubborn or handicapped to actually learn to drive.
>>78143788
it's not a great achievement
anyone with a bit of a brain would know how to drive a manual. there are no bragging rights associated with knowing how the fuck a car works, there's nothing special about not breaking your car every time you shift gears.
being able to handle a manual shift car isn't about having a superior mode of transport (although if you want more control over your car it's definitely preferable), it's about not having the equivalent car knowledge of a 16 year old girl.
>>78140142
hahaha
>>78143511
f1 actually uses sequential semi-auto. it has its pros and cons, input lag from the driver versus greater control from semi-auto.
>>78143436
>can't justify it
Good to know you yanks are as worthless as the dollar
Tfw part of the based New Jersey driver master race. We are the kings of road. Learn to drive peasants.
>all these mad foreigners butt blasted that they were born in shitty countries
>>78144274
but, like you just said, it's not hard... you're basically getting a license to "tie your shoes" it's not the government's business to tell me what transmissions i can and can't have.
>>78144274
>No, because being able to use one is normal.
No, it's not, just like using an abacus is not normal.
Americans can use manual fine if they learn it. Just like you can learn how to use an abacus.
For normal day to day life there is no reason at all the learn outdated technology.
If you had to even remotely think about driving 1 month after doing it regularly, you are subhuman nigger trash that should be deported off the planet.
70% of driving is going in straight fucking line in a vehicle designed to go in a straight line. The rest can be resolved with the spatial skills of a 12 year old.
>>78142898
The real problem is the permit test, you don't have to pay attention at all, as the test is randomized and half the questions are akin to "What do you do at a STOP sign?" "What do you do at a YIELD sign?" Add on the ability for kids to walk out with their permit and hop on the freeway with no driving experience, and it's pretty dangerous.
>>78144043
>I'm a cucked shitty driver so everyone else must also be one
>>78143730
>With manual you have to re-engage 1st gear every time you stop. And that probably takes me a good 3-5 seconds. With auto you just step on it and you're gone.
What the fuck? How? Are you one of those megafats with a 90 second procedure to get seated on the toilet?
>>78143730
>start reply
>see leaf
Not today cancuck
>>78144274
>I'm saying people shouldn't get drivers licenses that enable them to drive standard cars
This I can agree with.
They should get a separate license that indicates they can't drive manual.
>>78139714
>I bet none of you even know who has the right of way at an uncontrolled intersection
Nobody has right of way.
>>78143713
Paddleshifters let you drive manual retard
>>78144479
> I can outperform a computer
I'd like to see you try.
>>78142297
3 of the 6 cars I've owned in my life were standard. They both have their uses, and here in the US we have that choice.
At one time all cars were standard, but eventually we developed something better. That's what we do. Improve things.
>Also I'll never buy a sports car / muscle car in automatic . It's a sin that they even make those.
>>78144043
>It knows exactly where the peak performance of the engine is and will choose the right gear, whereas you are somewhat guessing from looking at the RPMs, or listening to the sound of the engine.
On a performance car, yes. Not on a Toyota Aygo... In the near future automatics might be worthwhile on 1.2L engines. Not quite yet though.
>>78144070
>Everybody works, and everybody works fulltime
36-40 hour week (depending on if your boss pays you through your breaks) is a standard full time job.. Our average work week is 30 hours because the vast majority of women work part time so they can take care of their families, because we're a traditonally minded country.. Greeks are so high up because they count siestas as work hours.
>>78144136
>thinks I've never visited America
Typical reasoning for someone without a passport.
>>78144172
If you have a small engine, yes. Automatics are slower.
>>78144248
Have you ever driven a car with a 1L (or <2L anyway) without turbo, superchargers etc with an automatic?
>I have ever been in will shift down and let you accelerate fast if you floor the accelerator.
Was not the case with the one I drove. It does shift down, but not nearly as fast as you would manually, and it didn't go to redline.
>>78144576
>paddleshift
>real manual
>>78141113
Think of the children lad.
Say "nope" to rope
I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I hear about people having to live in cities.
I would consider suicide if I knew I had to spend the rest of my life cooped up in some congested European-style city, driving a little cuckmobile on tiny roads, yielding to cyclists and pedestrians, paying out the ears for petrol and going home to a tiny home without a backyard.
>>78141964
>autos are faster
>t. Idiot who cannot, never has, or never will drive manual
Oh i am laffin
>>78144652
whatever helps you sleep at noon, ahmed.
>>78142434
While I get the joke, I think others here might take that seriously.
It's weird how incapable new yorkers actually are once they get out of the city. Once you get on the highways there's always a long line of cars with some asshole with NY plates holding everyone back. Everyone behind him is tea rind their hair out trying to get around this one dickhead that doesn't understand passing lanes.
>>78144423
>but, like you just said, it's not hard...
So why do so many Americans lack the skill?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V6MUgiv6Mc
>you're basically getting a license to "tie your shoes"
I got that 'license' (we call it a diploma) in elementary school. Got sticker and everything.
>it's not the government's business to tell me what transmissions i can and can't have.
No, but it is the government's business which kind of vehicles you can drive on public roads with what kind of licenses.. And your government allowed people to drive standard transmission cars if they got a license in an automatic. That's silly.
>>78144453
So why do you still tie your shoes?
Why aren't manual drivers licenses an option in the US? Why not give everyone a license for an automatic if it's all they're taught and apparantly all they want?
>>78144576
>Paddle shifters
>Manual
It's still an automatic gearbox though.
>>78144646
>and here in the US we have that choice.
>implying we don't
We just choose not to.
>>Also I'll never buy a sports car / muscle car in automatic . It's a sin that they even make those.
Performance cars are actually much better suited to (semi-) automatic transmissions than daily drivers.. Especially if they're sequential.
>>78142417
This is near my house.
>>78142268
>no lights
>no signs
I live in a pretty rural part of the US and I can't recall ever seeing an intersection with no lights or signs. Been driving for 22 years.
>>78144477
Oh, and I forgot that my driver's ed teacher had three speeding tickets on her.
Right of way is a social construct, along with passing lanes.
>mfw going the speed limit in the leftmost lane on the highway and there is nothing you can even do about it in my state.
People who care about driving, cars, and such are basically massive autists hiding behind the generational popularity of their machines. In just a few short decades it will be laughable to think of cars as anything more than economic tools, especially as robots take the keys away from the autists.
>>78144818
The worst part is the little details, the things that don't effect you but make things seem off. I can see two stars reliably at night, sometimes venus.
>>78139714
What country is this and why does it think it has any standing to insult us
>>78144652
Nope.
Smallest was probably 2.5L
>>78144984
That one is pretty horrible though...
>>78145000
>I can't recall ever seeing an intersection with no lights or signs. Been driving for 22 years.
Wew. I came across a stop sign in the wild yesterday.. That's like a twice-a-year occurance for me. I only know of 1 near my house, and I rarely pass that one... My driving instructor used to take special detours to even get past a stop sign so I could practise it, just because they're so uncommon. Roundabouts are the standard here.. Why force everyone to stop, even if there's no other traffic?
>>78145020
>>mfw going the speed limit in the leftmost lane on the highway and there is nothing you can even do about it in my state.
You people are the worst drivers.
I like roundabouts,except the busy ass ones with 2 entry lanes, that shit is retarded, turning left onto a fucking roundabout will on the right side of the car when a big truck is in the right lane next to you is the most annoying fucking thing in Europe, I like to see on coming traffic before I turn. Until euro fags can learn how to make their country cow roads suitable as 2 lane roads the way they treat them I will simply disregard their opinions when it comes to most things regarding roads and traffic rules.
Also, no left on red in europe? What the fuck are you guys so scared of?
>>78145178
With cars like that the downsides to an automatic become extremely negligible... If you drive a Chevrolet Spark 1.0 BiFuel however.
>It's 1.0 so it's not quick
>It's bifuel, so it's even less quick
>It's relatively heavy due tot he bifuel LPG system, so even less quick
If you then put an automatic on it, the 0-100 time likely goes up from 16 seconds to 20...
>>78144930
>So why do you still tie your shoes?
I don't. At least not all my shoes.
I have lace-less shoes.
I don't know why they don't have a separate drivers license for manual.
Probably because not being able to drive manual is the least of their worries with the level of knowledge required to get a license.
>>78145000
>I live in a pretty rural part of the US and I can't recall ever seeing an intersection with no lights or signs. Been driving for 22 years.
I live in a trailer park with an uncontrolled intersection. when two cars approach simultaneously, either they both stop for a long time, or one starts to go and then the other pulls out in front of it. the speeds are so slow that we don't actually crash, but it does seem like we are all retarded.
and for the record, there actually is a law in my state (NC), because there used to be lots of uncontrolled intersections: if you both get there at the same time, the driver on the right has the right-of-way.
>>78145020
Can't wait for this feel. I like few things better than taking hobbies away from autists.
>>78144973
But performance cars are so much more fucking fun with a manual transmission.
Either a little 2 seat roadster, a Mustang, or even a Jeep. Gotta be manual.
>>78139714
>Person to your right.
>If no one
>Then it's you
We actually have a civilization going on here that's where there is so many traffic's lights..
Our country isn't files with a bunch of gypsy towns where .02% of the population actually success.
>>78139714
it's whoever got there first, or the one on the right
>>78145200
Pass to the right, dumbass.
Most motorists can't even conjure the possibility of using the other 4 open lanes. Either there is no issue because you can pass to the right, or there is no issue because every lane is being used.
>>78145364
>I live in a trailer park with an uncontrolled intersection. when two cars approach simultaneously, either they both stop for a long time, or one starts to go and then the other pulls out in front of it. the speeds are so slow that we don't actually crash, but it does seem like we are all retarded.
Do you actually not have right of way rules for such a situation?
>>78145145
Ukraine.
The asshole of the world.
>>78145469
>Filled*
>Drives*
Fuck mobile
>>78145200
Agree.
Pisses me off so much.
Trying to overtake a truck or something, and then there's this asshole just sitting in the lane going the exact same speed as the car next to him.
Or worse, actually going slower, because they force everyone to pass on the right now.
>>78145559
read the whole post you fucking genius.
>>78145514
>Pass to the right, dumbass.
If passing on the right is legal there's no problem in sticking to your lane. I assumed your left-most lane was the fast/passing lane.. Some US states have that too, right?
>>78139714
What is this?
A road for cucks?
I guess European roads accurate describe the state of Europe - a state of chaos all while on the wrong side.
>>78145633
Sorry, should have clarified. Traffic from the right takes priority here too, but we also have rules that relate to traffic going straight take priority to those that are making a turn, and the 'short turn' (meaning you don't cross another lane) takes priority over a 'long turn' (usually a left hand turn that you have to cross another lane for)
>>78145514
Here in the US we pass on the left, dude. The rightmost lane should be going the slowest, each lane to the left should be progressively faster. That's what keeps traffic moving.
If you don't drive this way, you create traffic congestion as no one can move forward.
>driving on the left
>>78145364
I would suspect that the trailer park is officially considered private property and not a public roadway, sorta' like a parking lot. This might explain the lack of signage.
I actually had a cop tell me that, in a parking lot I wasn't LEGALLY obligated to stop at the stop signs because it was private property, and the laws of public roads don't apply. I imagine I could still get sued (or at least held liable) if I ran the stop sign and hit someone, though.
>>78142938
Yeah, one hand on the stick, other holding the coffee and steer the wheel with your knees.
#BTFO
>>78145901
>Here in the US we pass on the left, dude
No, that's what we do in Europe (except Britain because they're edgy bastards).. In many US states you're allowed to pass on the right, at least that's what I've understood.
>>78145644
Yeah, some states are retarded.
But in most it's legal.
Although, it is preferred to pass on the left.
Usually these people just remember "keep your lane" and they just stay in the same lane forever regardless of what happens on the road.
They missed the part where it says that "keep your lane" means don't switch lanes constantly and for no reason, but switch to right if other traffic is going faster than you.
>>78145778
>we also have rules that relate to traffic going straight take priority to those that are making a turn,
I'm not sure that american laws actually care about signals in that circumstance, as someone can have their signal on by accident. you are required to signal, of course, but you can't really trust the other guy.
years ago when I had my learner's permit which means you have to have a parent in the car, I signaled to turn and was actually turning when my day yells "YOU CAN'T MAKE IT GO STRAIGHT". of course I almost plowed into the car that had started to pull out, who probably wanted to chase me down and beat the shit out of me. my dad was not the smartest guy in the world.
>>78139714
Ukraine has more auto accidents that result in deaths than America. Idiot.
http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/cause-of-death/road-traffic-accidents/by-country/
>>78145617
This happens a lot on American highways too, in Texas we have signs that the "left lane is for passing only" to keep fuckers from doing this, but it really only works if a cop is around.
>>78144274
>Because it's nice to be able to use an Abacus if you've left your calculator or phone at home
yeah, because I'm going to be carrying around an abacus with me when I can easily use the calculator on my phone, or better yet just do the math in my head
Lol stupid burgers admitting they have no knowledge about manual gear and shift lmao
>>78145965
Like I said in a different post, this is just a misunderstanding of the concept of "keep your lane".
It's is legal to pass on the right in many states, but it is preferred that you pass on the left.
So if some dumbass is going 50 MPH in the left lane you can legally pass him on the right.
But ideally that idiot would be in the right lane and you could pass on the left.
The whole keep your lane is to reduce the number of lane switches if they are not needed.
If you are going slower than traffic in your lane you should switch or speed up.
>>78145965
Yeah, its an cultural thing not an actual law. Like how you're supposed to let ever other car go when two lanes are merging, like a zipper.
>>78141325
>>78145965
You're... correcting an American on driving in America?
Yea anyway, some states are ok with you passing on the right if you have to, but some states are starting to buckle down on that shit and pulling the assholes over that sit in the left lane.
Some states you'll get pulled over for passing on the right, but usually they want the sonovabitch that's creating all the problems for everyone else.
If you're not going faster than the car to your right, you're in the wrong lane.
>>78146193
>or better yet just do the math in my head
>learning to do the math in your head even though calculators and phones exist
Lmao I bet you drive a manual transmission too.
>this triggers the american
>>78141660
We just don't crash, thanks to our healthy supply of roundabouts.
>>78139714
>wrong side of road
Question discarded
>>78146210
Some of us do, does make it hard to dip fries in ketchup while driving.
>>78146228
>Yeah, its an cultural thing not an actual law.
It probably should be. It works pretty well, especially if you've got large differences in speed like in Germany.
>>78146251
>You're... correcting an American on driving in America?
Yeah, because Americans tend to not know shit about shit, not even about their own country. And judging by the other responses, I was right.
>Yea anyway, some states are ok with you passing on the right if you have to, but some states are starting to buckle down on that shit and pulling the assholes over that sit in the left lane.
So you're saying I'm right?
>If you're not going faster than the car to your right, you're in the wrong lane.
Now you're contradicting yourself. Is this the law, or what you think people should be doing?
>>78140513
hey, hey. Don't shit-talk the single greatest car maker in the world. I'll rip your head off and piss down your throat.
>>78142297
......
but in your country you're taught to let ahmed fuck your brains through your asshole. i'm not sure which is worse....oh wait.
keep making my tables and keep your asshole open for the refugees. do what my country wants you to do, cuck.
>>78146413
That's why you install a luxury potato holder m8...
>>78143713
I prefer manual for everything but stop start traffic, it's such a fucking pain to have to keep clutching and gearing, only to sto pfor a few more minutes, then repeat a hundred fucking times!
>>78146554
this. manual isn't necessary dummies.
>>78139714
>1 post by this ID
>>78143730
I agree that the neutral to first shit is a pain, but 2-6 is pretty straightforard and quick, don't even need to fully depress the clutch, and the actual change only takes about 1 second
>>78146299
Kek
>>78141254
>yesss goog goy, our roads are shit and congested because we are le tiny island, not because of lack of investment and decades of neglect and anti-car policies by successive governments
The Netherlands are essentially a densely populated sprawl and they have an amazing road network. Switzerland is full of mountains and valleys and they too have good road infrastructure. Fuck even Singapore a literal CITY STATE has wide, spacious roads, expressways and avenues everywhere check them out on Street View.
Keep using the "overpopulated island" excuse and voting for niggers who will build more cycle and bus lanes you insufferable faggot.
>>78141325
They are honestly pretty good. Intersections are insanely inefficient above a certain level of traffic.
>>78143750
>a reverse incline
you wot m8?
>>78141413
We have long commute times because our country is massive and everything is spread out. A roundabout would save no time
>>78146554
Here in the south where nobody can drive in the snow, we had a little snow accumulation during the day, and I spent two fucking hours to go about 10 miles clutch in clutch out clutch in clutch out, and it was in a full-sized truck with a fairly stiff clutch. fun times.
>>78146414
Not contradicting myself at all.
Stay right.
Pass left.
I haven't driven in all 50 states so I can't comment on all state laws, but it's the law in the states I have driven.
However, SOME places will let it slide because it's the only way to keep traffic moving, because it would only create more traffic to pull over the asshole parked in the left lane.
>>78146671
>The Netherlands are essentially a densely populated sprawl and they have an amazing road network.
The real secret is in taxing cars to hell and back, and then applying the sales tas (21%) over the car price+car tax, rather than on the base price. You then invest that money in roads and refugee shelters, and enjoy deminished traffic.
Also INSANELY high fines for meager traffic offenses, so that our government makes BILLIONS of euro's on automatic tickets that calculate the average speed of cars on certain stretches of roads which generates countless +5km fines.
>>78146640
It's really only bad in stop and go traffic, or on really steep hills with a shitty 4 banger
>>78141945
This is the biggest culture-shock of driving in America for an European.
The familiar symbols are replaced with text on almost everything.
Daily reminder that you're not a real country unless you make extensive use of roundabouts.
>>78142417
Dutch roads are the best
>>78146943
Pretty much.
American road signage is the best.
No more having to memorize 100s of almost identical signs with different meanings.
>>78146959
roundabouts are fucking awful.
>>78141582
We have roundabouts in America.
T. Guy who recently moved to Colorado
>>78147080
>t. A legit and actual retard
If you can't memorise the standard traffic signs in this country/Europe you don't belong in a motorised vehicle beyond a mobility scooter...
>driving manual transmission car
>stop light at the top of hill
>people behind you
>quickly try to shift gears on green light
>slide backwards and almost hit the car behind
every fucking time
>>78147090
Why do Americans hate them so much? Because I'd argue any place that has 4-way stop signs would be better off with a roundabout..
>>78144818
>paying out the ears for petrol
TIL: earwax is currency in stryaya
>>78144889
>Everyone behind him is tea rind
>>78144984
milton keynes? been there, do I win £5?
>>78145087
>I can see two stars reliably at night, sometimes venus.
thinks venus is a star
>>78145949
knew a guy who used to roll fags whilst holding the wheel with his knees, at 70+
>>78146193
he doesn't count with counting stones
>>78147080
You have to read them every time. Symbols you only have to memorize once and they work all over Europe.
>>78147090
why
>>78147080
part of our license test is to identify signs, and most of the ones in the test have no text or you could simply read it. So i'm at the next sign which I don't remember, so I'm thinking out loud "ok, there's a building like a house, and kids OH WAIT THEY HAVE BOOKS IT'S A SCHOOL CROSSING".
in the real world I would have plowed all over them if I had to rely on the fucked up sign. what's so hard about writing SCHOOL on it.
also, we have library signs that are just symbols, so people who can't read can find the library.
>>78147201
That's an automatic fail if you do that on your driving exam here.. This kind of thing is exactly the reason why you don't give full licenses to people that have never driven a manual car.
>>78142716
Well, if car manufactures would start making real cars in manual again I'd buy one. Had to order my GTR as a dual clutch flappy paddle because no other option exists. Even when I bought my 370Z if was special order because the manuals are slower 0-60 and no one wants the slower option.
>>78142267
unacceptable
