Has anyone heard if there are any plans to scrap the manual/automatic licence category? Especially with there being an increasing number of electric vehicles and SMG/auto boxes on the roads, the number of manual vehicles is likely to be decreasing rapidly.
Automatic & Manual licence
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It's something that I have heard a lot about recently and something I'm sure must have come up one here previously.
Has anyone heard if there are any plans to scrap the manual/automatic licence category? Especially with there being an increasing number of electric vehicles and SMG/auto boxes on the roads, the number of manual vehicles is likely to be decreasing rapidly. -
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There is a proposal but it only goes part-way towards scrapping the distinction:
It's worth mentioning that there has never been a distinction for drivers of HGVs Class C or C+e (Class 1 and 2) Most Heavy trucks are automatic these days anyway. -
Just my opinion but I don't really see the point in a distinction
I feel I was probably more of a risk driving an automatic for the first time as a manual driver, than someone who was in the opposite scenario
The worst a manual novice could do is stall / delay other road users, whereas someone new to an auto can cause damage
Though...I'd be more than happy if having a manual license in future made me more desirable, like an older person today having automatic minibus/trailer rights!