The aim of this article is to relay the concept to people who do not currently drive a standard car, but would like to be able to for renting a car abroad, or purchasing and learning to drive a standard at home. In Europe standard cars are the norm, whereas automatic cars are the norm in North America. 1/This is the car we rented in France last year. It would have been harder to rent an automatic car, so driving standard is a good skill! What does standard and automatic mean? These terms refer to standard transmission and automatic transmission. The difference is whether you change the gears while you…