WHY AUTOMATIC ?
The easiest and quickest way of getting on the road is to learn in an automatic car – no clutch,no biting point, no gear changes, no possibility of stalling, and on most hills –no rolling back !
The gearbox is very clever and does all the hard work while you concentrate on where you are going and the other traffic.
If you pass the test in an automatic car you cannot drive a manual but after you pass and build up some experience on the roads, you can always go back and have some more lessons and take a test in a manual vehicle.
Most of the world drives automatics – USA, Canada, and in the UK bus drivers, most Mercedes, many Porsches and BMWs……Lewis Hamilton, Jensen Button and all the F1 drivers are in automatics.
There is plenty more info on the web about automatic gearboxes if you are interested – just Google it!