When you wish to learn to drive, you have a choice of taking your driving lessons in a manual or automatic car.
If you do pass your driving test in an automatic vehicle though, you will need to bare in mind that you will not be able to drive a manual car with that licence (UK). If however, you pass your test in a manual car, you are entitled to drive an automatic car.
A manual car has gears and three foot operated pedals. You have to change up and down the gears yourself at the appropriate time.
An automatic car has an automatic gearbox that will change the gears for you and only two foot pedals (accelerator & brake). This makes learning in an automatic car a popular choice by those learners who find it difficult to co-ordinate the gears and clutch whilst driving a manual car. Older or disabled learner drivers often find an automatic vehicle easier also.
The vast majority of people tend to learn to drive in a manual car. As a result, there are far more driving instructors and driving schools who teach in manual cars than in automatic cars. It may be more difficult therefore to find a driving instructor or driving school that undertake automatic lessons. These lessons are often more expensive also.
In the early stages of driving, it may seem easier to not have to worry about gears and the clutch pedal but most people have few problems mastering them after a suitable number of hours training and practice. Given the extra variety of vehicles that you can drive after passing your driving test in a manual car, it does make sense to persevere with your manual driving lessons even if you end up driving an automatic car subsequently.
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