How to drive in traffic

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Most people learn how to drive a manual transmission vehicle in town or on lightly traveled roads.

That's as it should be. The more your driving consists of braking, accelerating and frequent gear changes, the faster you learn. Once you gain some proficiency, however, the real joy of stick shift driving is to be found on the open road.

Is driving manual annoying

Whether it's an interstate, a two-lane country road or something in between, there's something inside us that feels the call of the highway.

In general, driving a manual car on the highway requires less application of your stick shift skills than driving in town.

That doesn't mean, however, that you can just forget about the fact that there's a gear shifter under your right hand. In fact, if you use your manual vehicle wisely, you'll have some advantages on the roadways that folks driving automatic transmission cars don't enjoy.

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