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Re:People in Los Angeles Are Getting Rid Of Their Cars by mjevans on Saturday September 03, 2016 @07:46PM (#12421831)
The license is less saying that you have sufficient skill to operate the vehicle in question, and far MORE saying that you are aware of geo-spatial relations and laws related to being legally responsible for operating such a vehicle.

Just like having a permit saying you can legally own firearms would not mean that you are in any way proficient at their use; just that you know when you should and shouldn't use them.

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Re:People in Los Angeles Are Getting Rid Of Their Cars by thaumasiotes on Sunday September 04, 2016 @05:10AM (#12423472)
OK, but my point is, it doesn't make any sense to learn how to drive manual so that you can get a license permitting you to drive manual. If you didn't bother to learn, you wouldn't need the license.

But somehow multiple people are presenting the license as a reason to learn to drive manual when you otherwise wouldn't. Logically, that doesn't work.

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