In an automatic vehicle, gears are changed automatically by the car itself. Once the car is put into ‘drive’, the car will change the gears depending on the speed of the car. The harder you press on the accelerator of the car, the faster the car will begin to go, this is because the car automatically changes up the gears for you– the same goes for when you start to slow down. When you start to break in an automatic car, the car will automatically change the gears down for you as the car begins to slow down.

By opting to drive an automatic vehicle, this means you only have to know how to use the accelerator and the break– therefore, you won’t have to about co-ordinating the clutch, gear pedal and accelerator, as you would in a manual vehicle.