> staying reasonable and safe requires too much self control.
I wouldn't say manual transmission is the main problem here.
I'm able to not break law when driving, and apparently most people in Europe are, even though we are mostly driving manual.
I really hated driving automatics though, especially since my only experience with them was in the mountains of Taiwan and Japan. You just have so little control, and you feel the car struggle when you know it should just shift gears already, or shouldn't shift at all because you're going to slow down in 5 seconds.
I wouldn't say manual transmission is the main problem here.
I'm able to not break law when driving, and apparently most people in Europe are, even though we are mostly driving manual.
I really hated driving automatics though, especially since my only experience with them was in the mountains of Taiwan and Japan. You just have so little control, and you feel the car struggle when you know it should just shift gears already, or shouldn't shift at all because you're going to slow down in 5 seconds.