Is it necessary to learn manual transmission drive?

It depends, though it will be useful to learn manual transmission as well. Here in our country, when you have a license to drive a manual transmission vehicle, you can also drive an automatic. But if you have a license for automatic transmission, you cannot drive a manual.

Over here we don't have that many automatic cars. If you have an automatic car license you aren't allowed to drive a manual so the vast majority of people here learn to drive on a manual then they can drive an automatic if they want. But automatics aren't really drivers cars

I think it is better to learn manual first before you drive cars with automatic transmission. Many vans, trucks and small lorries are still using manual transmission, so it makes sense for you to get one licence, and you can drive the small lorries and vans as well as cars.

I'd say it depends on what kind of car you might be driving. What do you like driving or driving in. I can drive a standard like it was an automatic except for the take off from a complete stop.

I guess you're more of an all around driver if you know how to drive manual. You'll never know when you'll be faced with a situation requiring to drive a car and the car happens to have a manual transmission.

It depends where you live, in our mountain country most people have a manual transmission.

I think it is better to know how to drive a manual transmission vehicle. It might be handy in emergency situations. Having to know how it feels like driving a manual transmission vehicle. Its very much different than driving automatic cars.in some countries automatic transmission is not that popular because it is priced a bit higher that the manual ones.

I guess it really depends on various factors. When I was 16, and started to learn how to drive, my mom had a manual car. So, I figured I'd learn, and take classes using a manual car. Although I wasn't really good at it. I don't know how many times I stalled. Although I probably won't have a manual, I can say that I know how. It's something that can be good to know how to do.

I would love to since my boyfriends car is a manual. I learned years ago but I'm afraid and I can't multi-task plus automatic is way easier.

it might come in handy if you know how to drive the manual transmission