It seems to me I heard somewhere that Smith wrote in article
<2snbf2F1nlrinU1@uni-berlin.de>:

>Slightly off your topic... but how hard is it to get used to driving on 
>a different side of the road to what you're used to? Being from 
>Australia I don't have that problem in Japan.

>Sometimes I think driving on the left (and the associated road crossing 
>and bus catching habits) are hard-wired into my head.

>If I tried to drive in the US or mainland Europe I would probably turn 
>corners and end up on the wrong side of the road. Plus I would get hit 
>by a bus when crossing the road after checking for traffic on the wrong 
>side.

I never had a problem adapting to Japanese-style driving in spite of my
US roots.  However, not long after moving back home I somehow found
myself in the left lane facing opposing traffic after pulling out of a
driveway.  It only happened once, and fortunately not long enough to
result in a collision.
-- 
Don
Old age is when you start saying "I wish I knew now what I knew then."