Long story short: I’m (24M) American, and I’m visiting my long-distance Romanian boyfriend for the first time soon. In Romania, most cars are manual - including all the ones owned by my boyfriend’s family (I’ll be staying with them). I’ve never driven a manual before. His dad told me he can give me a quick lesson, and that I’m welcome to use their cars if I want; otherwise, I can rent an automatic. I don’t have access to any manual cars here in the U.S. to practice on, so I’m not sure what to do.

  • 0ops@lemm.ee
    2·
    22 hours ago

    That is totally fair because I literally, and I mean literally, drove around the block for my American driver’s test. My entire test:

    K start the car and turn right out of the parking lot onto the street

    Turn right at the stop

    Turn right at the stop

    Parallel park right there

    Pull back onto the road

    Turn right at the stop

    Turn right at the stop

    Turn right into the DMV parking lot and park anywhere

    Congratulations, you passed!

    This was in a residential area too, so there was hardly any traffic and I never went above 25mph/40kph

    • thebestaquaman@lemmy.world
      1·
      7 hours ago

      Exactly: I have friends that got a drivers license in th US, and the education/test is honestly a joke compared to what they require here, and it clearly shows in the number of driving-related deaths.