"Smith" <fake@email.com> wrote in message 
news: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.

As a right-hand driver who's never actually driven left-hand it's difficult 
to say. I do know that in my brief visit to London looking the right way 
when crossing the street was a problem. Fortunately the good people of 
London wrote it down for you on the street at every crossing. ^_^

What I also find weird is on TV I always get the feeling people are doing 
something wrong when they pass other vehicles on the right side while on the 
freeway, something that is prohibited in the Netherlands.

And you'd be surprised by the number of European mainland motorcycles that 
crash into oncoming traffic immediately after leaving the ferry in England.

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