Is using both feet during a drivers license test allowable?

[Lord_Feldon]

@BigT

Then who does? Every place I’ve ever been, the actual test is administered by a police officer–both written and driving. Granted, that’s my town a few surrounding towns where I’ve talked to people about it.

I think in some states it’s just some DMV employee who does that. (In Ohio they’re definitely employed by the Highway Patrol but they wear different uniforms so I have no idea if they’re troopers.)

[Tired_and_Cranky]

@pulykamell

Definitely doesn’t make a difference in Illinois. I suppose it’s possible, but my guess/assumption is that in all the states in the US, a non-commercial license does not make a distinction between automatic and manual transmissions. Or I’ve never heard of it. I drive a stick, but I’ve never been tested for one. And, as far as the US is concerned, a “regular car” would be an automatic. If I had to guess, it’s probably 90%+ auto transmission to >10% manual. It’s almost impossible to rent a manual, in my experience.

It’s up to the state to decide whether to issue automatic only licenses. Massachusetts still has an automatic-only restriction on its books according to its driver’s license manual (pdf warning: http://www.massrmv.com/Portals/30/docs/dmanual/chapter_1.pdf). However, I’ve never known anyone to get that restriction. I carded hundreds of drivers for a festival in Massachusetts last year and, although I wasn’t specifically looking for it, I didn’t see an automatic only license restriction on any of them. Maybe other states still issue automatic-only licenses.