[rwest]

Google says less than 3% of the cars in the US are stick shift and only 18% of the population knows how to drive stick.

I wonder if traffic would flow better with more stick shift vehicles- harder to text in a stick and it seems to me you need to be more attentive to operate a car with a stick shift. Maybe less brake use too? Seems like I see brake lights for no reason on many cars these days.