Automatic Tuition Driving School

Gear selector in an Automatic Car

The Advantages of Learning in an Automatic Car.

 

  Learning to drive in an automatic is easier than in a manual car. Because there are no gears to change and no clutch to operate it leaves you free to concentrate on the road without being distracted by having to use the gears and clutch.

   As you squeeze the accelerator the car will build up speed and change gear by it's self, when you need to slow down, you ease off the accelerator and squeeze the brake. As the car slows down, it will again change gear by it's self so the car is always in the correct gear.

 

   If you need to stop you just keep squeezing the brake and the car will come to a stop without stalling. When you want to move off again, you just move your foot back onto the accelerator and the car will pull away.

   Because an Automatic is easier to drive, and because you only need to use one foot, it is ideally suited to anybody who may have tried to learn in a manual car but found it to difficult, or to anybody who may have a disability.

   The only disadvantage of learning in an Automatic is that when you pass the Driving Test in an Automatic, you only get a full licence for an Automatic, which means that if you wanted to drive a manual car, you would need to pass a driving test in a manual car.

 

No Clutch pedal in an Automatic Car!

   From experience though, I can say that the vast majority of people don't want to go back to a manual car once the've driven an Automatic.