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- From: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: shoud there be two different licences
- Date: 13 Nov 1992 00:30:06 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <1992Nov12.013141.7090@wam.umd.edu>
- Reply-To: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
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- In a previous article, jailbird@next02wor.wam.umd.edu (serial killer) says:
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- >
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- >Hey people,
- >
- >What do you think about this
- >
- >Should we have a one licence to operate a manual transmisssion and one for
- >automatic, ecept if you know how to drive a mnual you can drive a auto
- >with no problem. I'm asking this because I almost crashed in to someone
- >who borrowed his friends car with a 5 speed which he didn't know how to
- >drive at all. He was going about 50 in 4th gear and downshifted into first
- >while his tires locked up.
- >
- >Why should a person be allowed to drive a 5 speed unless he has proven he
- >knows how to? This person could be endangering other people on the road we
- >speak
- >
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- i agree..mostly...but there should be some "test" for both types...not just
- because you can drive a stick, that they automatically assume that you can
- drive the auto too(even though this is by and far the case rather than vice
- versa!)....but it should not be automatically assumed that anyone can drive
- either! but i think that this is a semidecent idea..well..i dunno..
- read the sig!
- DREW
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