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They Want Automatic Drivers to Be Able to Drive Cars with Manual Change After a Single Hour of Practice.

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In Spain, drivers who choose to take off their driver’s license have to pass another practical test if they want to circulate legally to the controls of one with the manual gear change. In the United Kingdom, the current legislation establishes exactly the same thing. Therefore, the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) has proposed replacing in the United Kingdom a process that qualifies as costly and bureaucratic by an accredited training module of just…

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The Ministry of the Interior has warned of a new European regulation that will enter into force in Spain shortly in the field of driving. A seven-hour course will be enough for those who have examined their driver's license with an automatic car to also be able to use manuals.The aim is to encourage the purchase of electric or hybrid cars - it implies automatic change-, which despite being settled in the market, are far from being the consumer's…

·Madrid, Spain
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Those who were formed without a conventional change lever will be able to circulate with any tourism after a simple procedure in the school.

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Drivers who get a driver's license with an automatic vehicle could have much easier to get behind the wheel of a car with manual change. A new proposal suggests that it would be enough to take seven hours of practice to make the jump, considerably reducing current requirements and opening the door ... Continue reading "Radical turn on the driver's license: seven hours behind the wheel could be enough to move from automatic to manual"

·Madrid, Spain
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In Spain, drivers who choose to take off their driver’s license have to pass another practical test if they want to circulate legally to the controls of one with the manual gear change. In the United Kingdom, the current legislation establishes exactly the same thing. Therefore, the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) has proposed replacing in the United Kingdom a process that qualifies as costly and bureaucratic by an accredited training module of just…

·Madrid, Spain
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There is a decision that many students have to make before they start preparing the driving test: learning with a manual car or doing it with an automatic car. Until now, choosing the second option involved a limitation on the card, since the driver could not get behind the wheel of a manual car.The reason is the code 78, which is included in the permit when the practical test is carried out with an automatic vehicle.However, this situation will…

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At present, applicants who obtain a driver's licence in a vehicle with automatic change are identified by 'code 78' These are the new traffic rules in force since 1 October.

·Seville, Spain
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20minutos broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Monday, August 24, 2026.
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