Someone could probably get a pretty interesting research project on the correlation between the declining number of manual-transmission automobiles and the rising number of cupholders per vehicle. Or something like that . . . it’s not cupholders per se that interest me, but cupholders as a proxy for all the things Americans hold in their hands these days when we drive—coffee cups, fast food, cell phones—I’ve even seen women applying lipstick while driving. We have become a nation of one-hand drivers; if it were not so, would we have drive-through Starbucks?
In any event, it seems to me there has to be some sort of connection between the freeing of the right hand from working the clutch and the increasing occupation of the right hand with non-driving activities. Where the causation lies, I have no idea; but if anyone ever looks into it, I’d be interested to see what they find out.
And when you're REALLY good, you can drive a manual, drink your Starbucks, eat a burger AND apply your lipstick…all at the same time! 😉
Perhaps; but the automatic opens up all that sort of multi-tasking for the ungifted rest of us. 🙂
ROFL!