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This is the Conversation Forum for Why the British Drive on the Left << LH / RH Drive Another Question on this subject >> Subject: Ansewr to the question posed as a conclusion to the article Posted Aug 21, 2000 by wizard   Posting 1 Everybody else drives on the right side of the road simply because it is the, er, right side. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Ansewr to the question posed as a conclusion to the article Posted Aug 21, 2000 by Insert cute nicname here. This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 Actually, I think it makes more sense to drive on the right merely because I drive a stick shift. My left hand is not nearly as dexterous as my right so I would have extreme difficulty shifting gears if it were the other way around. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Ansewr to the question posed as a conclusion to the article Posted Aug 21, 2000 by U128068 This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 If your left hand has so little dexterity then I'd be more worried about you steering with it! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Ansewr to the question posed as a conclusion to the article Posted Aug 22, 2000 by Gort This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 Americans drive on the right side of the road because after the revolution we wanted to have nothing to do with you terrible, evil Brits! (Just kidding, guys) Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Ansewr to the question posed as a conclusion to the article Posted Aug 22, 2000 by a girl called Ben This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 Yeah, but I think you may be right! See my posting in the Driving on the Left thread. Subject: Ansewr to the question posed as a conclusion to the article Posted Aug 23, 2000 by U94986 This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 6 If you learnt to drive using the gears with your left hand you would think it natural and easy to do. I think I'd find it hard to manage gears with my right hand (at least at first), even though I am right handed. It's just what you are used to. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Ansewr to the question posed as a conclusion to the article Posted Aug 23, 2000 by Bad_Manners411 This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 7 I found it easy to jump into a left hand drive car equipped with manual gearbox. Only twice did I attempt to change back down to first gear using the window winder I was more concerned about keeping the car central in my lane - that's the bit that I need to keep in check. Whenever I'm driving abroad, I always seem to try getting in the passenger seat a couple of times too, much to the hilarity of my fellow travellers. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Ansewr to the question posed as a conclusion to the article Posted Aug 23, 2000 by U94986 This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 8 Americans do it all the time when I get them from the airport (I drive a taxi). I tell them that even if they drive they still have to pay, and they soon jump out of my seat pretty quick! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Ansewr to the question posed as a conclusion to the article Posted Aug 24, 2000 by Bad_Manners411 This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 9 On the (rare) occasions I've had to drive Americans about here in England, I usually hear a "Jeez you drive really fast" from the passenger seat. Which leaves me checking the speedo, thinking . o O ( Hmm we're only doing 70mph on a dual carriageway ) Subject: Ansewr to the question posed as a conclusion to the article Posted Aug 29, 2000 by Peregrinus This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 10 Having lived in both the US and the UK I've had the chance to drive both right and left handed shifting vehicles. My experience with it was this. Left or right handed it seemed pretty much the same thing. I got right in the left handed shift and was able to drive. I do remember being concerned about the pedals and then found out they were exactly the same. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Ansewr to the question posed as a conclusion to the article Posted Sep 4, 2000 by Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 11 We Brits do it right. It's the rest of the world that drives wrong. Conversation list Conversation list

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