Re: Driving on the left
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.
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Don
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