1y ago

They won't teach you this in Drivers Ed

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That's the clutch and brake pedals...
- USA citizen having no clue about the existence of manual gear-box in vehicles, probably.
  
  US stick driver here, equally disappointed in the picture.
  
  I think it makes the whole meme funnier personally
  
  If you step on those pedals at the same time the car is just going to stop, that's all, nothing funny.
  
  Should've been gas and clutch for a nice big rev
  
  Vvvvrrrrooooommm
  
  It's part of the joke of the meme though.
  
  There are literally dozens of us!
  
  I didn't see you at the convention in Munich last year.
  
  Same.
  But at least my car is less likely to get stolen!
  
  As long as you don't get car jacked 🙃 saw a headline a few months ago (a year ago?) That a young man got shot and killed because a car jacker couldn't steal his car.
  A little unnerving in Chicago where car jackings are relatively frequent.
  
  They just added the caption. If the creator of this were capable of making the drawing, they would do something more with their life than memes.
  You can't find an image of pushing the brake and throttle at the same time on wikihow.
  
  You can’t find an image of pushing the brake and throttle at the same time on wikihow.
  Huh, I'm a little surprised it doesn't have articles on left-foot braking for racing or brake torque launches for drag-racing.
  
  I haven't driven a stick in over a decade and this meme upsets me.
  
  I think you drastically underestimate the number of gearheads in the States. Makes sense, given we have incredibly limited public transport. Currently have 3 manuals in my driveway.
  
  Of course, it a joke based on the fact that manual gearbox is, even to this day, the standard in Europe. I would be very surprise to meet someone with a driver license who can't drive manual. It seems in the USA manual driving is a hobby for car enthusiast. But what do I know? I have never step foot on the new continent.
  
  Long live the manual transmission!
  
  Third pedal is there tho
  
  The third pedal becomes invisible to the ignorant minds.
  
  Am US citizen, only drive manual transmissions. Anyone here who likes cars can drive a manual transmission, anyone who doesn't like cars doesn't give a shit about a manual transmission and just wants to get where they're going.
  We invented cars, we're allowed to decide how they evolve.
  
  We did?
  
  Spray cheese - yes. Cars? No.
  
  American too. I don't really like cars, but if I have to drive one, I would prefer one with a manual transmission. Unfortunately, my current car doesn't have one because they don't put them in affordable cars anymore.
  
  Because they're objectively worse in all measures other than fun
  
  Maybe, but when I had a manual Toyota Corolla in the 90s, I felt like I was able to control the car so much better than any of the automatics I've had since.
  
  What does "control" mean to you?
  
  Because they're objectively worse in all measures other than ~~fun~~ control.
- The fools, this actually reboots the car into safe mode!
  
  Joke appart, this is the proper way to do an emergency braking.
  
  And if you have an acceleration-activated dash-cam this could cause it to trigger, which is as near to a screenshot as you're getting!
  
  Wow, this post isn't even a meme anymore at this point !
- Exactly. They take a screenshot.

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