I agree with all the guy's who have posted on this subject. Literally 100's of millions of people worldwide have driven, and still drive, standard transmissions. It becomes a natural human reaction to do so. True, there are exceptions of those who should never drive anything!
I like Glenn's analogy to the B737! I flew heavy airplanes for nearly 40 years.
Glenn here is a photo of the flight deck of one of the finest airplanes I flew. It has more visibility than anything I know of. It is the Vickers Vanguard. First link is to the cockpit photo the second are some of the specs.
George
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=712113&WxsIERv=Vmlja2VycyBWYW5ndWFyZCA5NTNDIE1lcmNoYW50bWFu&WdsYXMg=SHVudGluZyBDYXJnbyBBaXJsaW5lcw%3D%3D&QtODMg=QnJvb2tsYW5kcyAoRUdMQik%3D&ERD LTkt=VUsgLSBFbmdsYW5k&ktODMp=Tm92ZW1iZXIgMTUsIDIwMDM%3D&BP=0&WNEb25u=VFogQXZpYXRpb24%3D&xsIERvdWdsY=Ry1BUEVQ&MgTUQtODMgKE=V29uZGVyZnVsbHkgbWFpbnRhaW5lZCBmbGlnaHQgZGVjayBvZiB0aGlzLC B0aGUgZmluYWwtYnVpbHQgVmFuZ3VhcmQuIEJ1aWx0IGluIDE5NjEsIHNoZSB3YXMgZGVsaXZlcmVkIHRvIEJFQSBpbiBwYXNzZW5nZXIgY29uZmlnLiBDb252ZXJ0ZWQgaW4gMTk3MSB0byBNZXJjaGFudG1hbiBjYXJnbyBzcGVjLCBzaG Ugd2FzIHJldGlyZWQgaW4gMTk5Ni4gVGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgb25seSBzdXJ2aXZpbmcgVmFuZ3VhcmQgaW4gdGhlIHdvcmxkLg%3D%3D&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=NTYw&NEb25uZWxs=MjAwNC0xMS0xNQ%3D%3D&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=NzE5 &static=yes&sok=V0hFUkUgIChhaXJjcmFmdF9nZW5lcmljID0gJ1ZpY2tlcnMgVmFuZ3VhcmQnKSAgT1JERVIgQlkgcGhvdG9faWQgREVTQw%3D%3D&photo_nr=6&size=L
http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/V/Vickers-Vanguard.htm
