Standard Transmissions

Yeah, probably not a good idea to bring politics into this. Kind of a bogus analogy anyway.
Anyway, an automatic restriction very possibily won't have much effect on you these days. Most fleets are all automatics and slowly but surely more are going this route. From a fleet management standpoint, it just makes more sense. Fleet managers care about fuel costs, repair costs, maintenance costs, etc. and, for the most part, automatics these days are simply better on those statistics. Fleet managers don't really care about what drivers want if it's gonna cost them more money.
From a drivers stand point, they have some disadvantages, but also some advantages. Much less work driving an automatic, especially while stuck in traffic and they simply won't wear you out as much. Most drivers, once they swallow their needless pride about being a 'gear jammer' seem to prefer them more too. I've heard several on this site that once they transitioned to automatics and got used to them, they don't want to go back.

 

Good, but driving with the cranium fully lodged in the rectum is not tied to the transmission in use.....

Here's something to consider... Driving a standard is a good skill set to have. You can drive anybody's truck then, even the old worn out crap.

There is a second skill set needed to drive an Automated trans well. Not all are capable of developing it.

 

It's not what you drive, it's how you drive it. Your Green, learn the trade. Nobody cares if you can run a set of sticks.

 

Freymiller
FFE Transportation
TMC
JRayl Transport
Crete Carrier/Shaffer Trucking

 

I do. I just don’t know how I could look myself in the mirror... Wait a #### minute, I can’t see myself in the mirror!
Never mind, carry on, ya da ya da ya da.

On another note, I take great offense to the OP wanting to carry Big Maude!

 

Be offended all you want, Not sure I would mess with anybody stout enough to pick Maude up and carry her.......

 

You have a point... I wonder if he’s a Kentuckian...