It's funny how its always Americans who are "ignorant" about the world, yet there are so many ill informed foreigners in this thread who think that no Americans can drive a manual transmission....
The only problem is finding neutral.
Yet a California Highway Patrolman and his family accelerate to high speed in a loaner car; the horror long enough for a 911 call and burned out brakes. They perish in the resulting crash. What about Neutral?
Misaligned floormats and malfunctioning accelerator pedal dampers are implicated in throttles failing to return to their closed position. But what about Neutral in the gear selector?
A Minnesota car speeds up in reverse, crosses a street and destroys a neighbor’s tree; this, despite efforts of braking. What about Neutral?