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Talk about "de-skill" in action, nowadays hardly anybody knows how to double-clutch and match the engine revs to engage a non-synchro gear!


A surprisingly small number of Americans know how to use a clutch at all.
American rental car companies give you your choice of "automatic" or "automatic".

Among those who do understand what the 3rd pedal and stick are used for, a good number do know about rev-matched downshifts (but not double-clutching).

I think ABS, Airbags, DSC, and 4-wheel disk brakes were met with general anticipation, and certainly much less resistance than radar-guided cruise control.


Ahh, here's that link I was looking for about Is car safety replacing common sense? with discussion about BLIS, CWBS, ACC, DWAS, and V2V.