# Overseas Manual Transmissions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overseas-manual-transmissions/433117>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 11, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overseas-manual-transmissions/433117 "2008-01-11T13:32:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overseas-manual-transmissions/433117/41 "2008-01-13T11:58:30Z")

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[QUOTE=Spartydog]  
better marked and have better signals and signs  
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It’s just a matter of what you’re familiar with. I find the verbose signage in America far less clear than the principally symbolic systems of Britain and elsewhere.

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