Driving Abroad for first time!

Cumbrian_Male

having lived in the usa and uk, i find driving comes quite naturally when the steering wheel is in the right place for the country your in. It gets more confusing when driving a uk car in france for instance but even this becomes comfortable after about an hour, just have to concentrate a bit harder to get it right.

Happy_saver_4

The easy tip to remember, assuming you're driving a local vehicle:-

Keep your passenger next to the pavement and yourself towards the middle of the road.

Most of the time it's no problem because you'll be following other traffic. Just take extra care at junctions.

Enjoy your trip and don't worry.

On a lighter note, foreign driving instructions, can be interesting. ie The Americans will tell you "drive to the dead end and hang a right" We say that's impossible !!! They mean drive to the T junction and turn right. If only the Americans could learn English :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

stripeyfox

Thanks for all the advice guys! It will be good practice for me as I am planning to drive from Calary to Vancouver next year on my honeymoon so I am pleased this opportunity has come up.

judderman62

Yes I agree with the others on here - I suspect you will adjust quickly and easily.

I drove in both Denmark and the USA - both times I hadn't driven for a lot of years and only a short amount of driving time at all before doing these trips and the odd little error aside I was totally amazed how quickly I adapted - unlike my friend who on arriving in San Francisco and starting to drive suddenly couldn't tell his right from his left :rolleyes:

One tip watch out for cyclists - I got close to hitting a couple in Denmark - there are far more than here and on top of the adjustments you make you have to remember to look out for cyclists appearing from nowhere.

Good luck and have a good and succesful trip :beer:

aloiseb

Try changing your watch over from your left wrist to your right - it helps to "remind" you that things are the other way round. (well, it works for me anyway)

Also, if you are in an older RH drive car, it helps a lot to have a wing mirror fitted on the outside of the passenger side, if there isn't one there already - as your "blind spot" is now over there!

Quinny_2

I did it for the first time last year in France,and was amazed how easy it was.