With the rise of automatic trannys and also self driving trucks.

613189

{"text":"Is it still necessary for drivers to learn how to drive a manual tranny?  ","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true}

803898

{"replyTo":"","text":"If you want to work for a big carrier, it's not necessary, but working locally usually means you're with a smaller company running 20 and 30 year old kens and petes, so if you ever want to do local, manual is the way to go. Unless you buy your own truck.","replyToPid":0}

623679

{"replyTo":"","text":"I think everyone should know how to drive a manual, and no driver should have an endorsement that limits them to an automatic. I currently drive an automatic because that’s what was given to me but everybody should know how to drive a manual, that’s just my two cents 🤓","replyToPid":0}

858368

{"replyTo":"","text":"Apparently not. I've never driven an automatic until I got my current job. There were 12 of us in my orientation class. Only two of us knew how to drive a stick for the driving test. I could not believe they kept the other 10 people, but apparently it is no longer a concern for an employer.","replyToPid":0}

522845

{"replyToPid":0,"replyTo":"","text":"If you can, you should. I never learned and I deeply regret it. I went to MTC in St Louis. They had one manual truck, and it was an old Werner beater that barely ran. Everyone wanted to use it, so it would have extended my school time by weeks.\n\nI dont have a restriction on my license, though. I did when I got it in MO. But when I transferred it to my home state, the restriction fell off."}

613189

{"replyTo":"

858368 发表于 2019-11-19 14:12:00 Apparently not. I've never driven an automatic until I got my current job. There were 12 of us in my orientation class. Only two of us knew how to drive a stick for the driving test. I could not believe they kept the other 10 people, but apparently it is no longer a concern for an employer.

","text":"Got it","replyToPid":257118}

613189

{"replyTo":"

623679 发表于 2019-11-19 14:50:44 I think everyone should know how to drive a manual, and no driver should have an endorsement that limits them to an automatic. I currently drive an automatic because that’s what was given to me but everybody should know how to drive a manual, that’s just my two cents 🤓

","text":"Any reason why they still have to?","replyToPid":257137}

613189

{"replyTo":"

803898 发表于 2019-11-19 15:39:19 If you want to work for a big carrier, it's not necessary, but working locally usually means you're with a smaller company running 20 and 30 year old kens and petes, so if you ever want to do local, manual is the way to go. Unless you buy your own truck.

","text":"Good food for thought","replyToPid":257159}

613189

{"replyTo":"

522845 发表于 2019-11-19 21:50:24 If you can, you should. I never learned and I deeply regret it. I went to MTC in St Louis. They had one manual truck, and it was an old Werner beater that barely ran. Everyone wanted to use it, so it would have extended my school time by weeks.\n\nI dont have a restriction on my license, though. I did when I got it in MO. But when I transferred it to my home state, the restriction fell off.

","text":"Aight.","replyToPid":257400}

623679

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613189 发表于 2019-11-20 09:39:21 Any reason why they still have to?

","text":"Until there are no longer any manual transmissions out there, you may need to drive one, and if you can’t drive one, you my not be able to work for a specific company that you would like. Once every thing is automatic then nope you won’t need to know how I guess, but I don’t ever see that happening ","replyToPid":257792}