Driving on right hand side

brat

davetrousers wrote: »

Remember that the pedals are also reversed, so the accelerator is on the left (foot) and the clutch on the right.

That's nonsense!

Moto2

davetrousers wrote: »

Remember that the pedals are also reversed, so the accelerator is on the left (foot) and the clutch on the right.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

FreddieFrugal

brat wrote: »

We used to assess the severity of bends by the number of shrines on the apex.

I like that!

chrisw

It's far easier to drive a LHD vehicle abroad than your own UK vehicle abroad because your brain seems to recognise that everything is 'mirrored' and the switched positions is a constant reminder.

At junctions and things you just have to remember that you should be sat towards the centre of the road as in this country and you naturally then keep to the correct side.

ChumLee

splishsplash wrote: »

I'm a very confident driver but it takes me ages to get used to driving on the right. For a start I keep hopping into the front passenger seat, then scrabble for the gear stick with my right hand, I find it really hard to gauge where the left side of the car was and don't get me started on lights/wipers/indicators etc.

It usually takes me about a day and a half to get halfway used to it.

Just take it nice and slowly and get your passengers to shout out if you're too close/far to other things.

Why? They're in the same place as a right hand drive model.

AdrianC

ChumLee wrote: »

Why? They're in the same place as a right hand drive model.

Not that they're in the same place on every RHD car...

YorkshireBoy

pollyanna24 wrote: »

I'm thinking Rhodes is a quiet as opposed to England

My experience (last 2 years in late June/early July) is that everywhere other than the main road up the east coast and Rhodes Town itself is very quiet. Indeed, travelling east-west from Pefkos to Kamiros via Empona this year (by scooter!) we barely saw a dozen other vehicles on the open road.

Roundabouts - We found them to be very safe as most people approached and took them cautiously...and not just the rental cars.

Signage - Don't panic when approaching roundabouts and major junctions and the signs are in Greek, as 100-200m further on they reproduce them in English.

Roland_Sausage

My tip would be to hire an automatic, and that way it is one less thing to get flustered about.

It's what I always do when I drive in Spain. Driving on the other side of the road is easy enough, but I always think changing gears with the other hand would get confusing and potentially lead to lapses in concentration.

splishsplash

ChumLee wrote: »

Why? They're in the same place as a right hand drive model.

I have no idea, my brain temporarily goes to mush. I do the same thing with the tv remote and the phone sometimes, so maybe nothing to do with driving...

Gloomendoom

I just go on holiday in places that drive on the left.