There’s no point in learning to drive a manual car anymore

I’m not surprised to hear that one in four driving tests in Great Britain are now being taken in automatic cars (Picture: Annette Kellow)Pulling into the test centre, I felt excitement bubbling up inside of me. I’d just finished my first driving test and my three-point turn, mirror, signal, manoeuvre, and traffic awareness were so faultless, it would have impressed even a seasoned Formula 1 racer.But then my assessor spoke.‘You’ve failed,’ he deadpanned &ndash