I asked my buddy what he thought about this thread since he drives a RHD
Rover Defender in Canada..
He says that it's usually not too bad to pass, he finds he can get a good
look up the right side of the highway to see if any cars are coming...but
his real answer was "passing in a Land Rover isn't an option"...lol


Jeff


"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:4463BF9A.BFE02393@***.net...
> And I drove a '58 Ford through them:
> http://www.----------.com/baumholder.jpg I wish I was still immortal.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
>>
>> I am just curious now. Are England, Canada, Singapore and Australia the
>> only countries in the world with RHD, or are there more? I drove a LHD
>> car
>> in a LHD country, Spain, last year, and I am still getting over it. It
>> wasn't so much RHD vs. LHD, but the tiny narrow streets, the insanely
>> homicidal drivers, and the proliferation of traffic rotaries ("rotondas")
>> that would put my native New England to shame.
>>
>> Earle

 

I drive a LHD in a RHD country (South Africa); usually with an SUV (use
to drive a Toy Cruiser), you can see right over the other cars; except
when behind a truck (what you might call a semi) with the Porsche I fall
back, look and put foot...
It is much easier to drive on the roads you are use to, but a person
used to driving on the RH side, usually find it difficult when it comes
to traffic circles to go round the wrong way when travelling in a
country where he needs to drive on the LH side.

Dirk matthee

4X4PLAY wrote:
>
> I asked my buddy what he thought about this thread since he drives a RHD
> Rover Defender in Canada..
> He says that it's usually not too bad to pass, he finds he can get a good
> look up the right side of the highway to see if any cars are coming...but
> his real answer was "passing in a Land Rover isn't an option"...lol
>
> Jeff
>
> "L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:4463BF9A.BFE02393@***.net...
> > And I drove a '58 Ford through them:
> > http://www.----------.com/baumholder.jpg I wish I was still immortal.
> > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> > mailto:--------------------
> >
> > Earle Horton wrote:
> >>
> >> I am just curious now. Are England, Canada, Singapore and Australia the
> >> only countries in the world with RHD, or are there more? I drove a LHD
> >> car
> >> in a LHD country, Spain, last year, and I am still getting over it. It
> >> wasn't so much RHD vs. LHD, but the tiny narrow streets, the insanely
> >> homicidal drivers, and the proliferation of traffic rotaries ("rotondas")
> >> that would put my native New England to shame.
> >>
> >> Earle

 

I drive a LHD in a RHD country (South Africa); usually with an SUV (use
to drive a Toy Cruiser), you can see right over the other cars; except
when behind a truck (what you might call a semi) with the Porsche I fall
back, look and put foot...
It is much easier to drive on the roads you are use to, but a person
used to driving on the RH side, usually find it difficult when it comes
to traffic circles to go round the wrong way when travelling in a
country where he needs to drive on the LH side.

Dirk matthee

4X4PLAY wrote:
>
> I asked my buddy what he thought about this thread since he drives a RHD
> Rover Defender in Canada..
> He says that it's usually not too bad to pass, he finds he can get a good
> look up the right side of the highway to see if any cars are coming...but
> his real answer was "passing in a Land Rover isn't an option"...lol
>
> Jeff
>
> "L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:4463BF9A.BFE02393@***.net...
> > And I drove a '58 Ford through them:
> > http://www.----------.com/baumholder.jpg I wish I was still immortal.
> > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> > mailto:--------------------
> >
> > Earle Horton wrote:
> >>
> >> I am just curious now. Are England, Canada, Singapore and Australia the
> >> only countries in the world with RHD, or are there more? I drove a LHD
> >> car
> >> in a LHD country, Spain, last year, and I am still getting over it. It
> >> wasn't so much RHD vs. LHD, but the tiny narrow streets, the insanely
> >> homicidal drivers, and the proliferation of traffic rotaries ("rotondas")
> >> that would put my native New England to shame.
> >>
> >> Earle

 

I drive a LHD in a RHD country (South Africa); usually with an SUV (use
to drive a Toy Cruiser), you can see right over the other cars; except
when behind a truck (what you might call a semi) with the Porsche I fall
back, look and put foot...
It is much easier to drive on the roads you are use to, but a person
used to driving on the RH side, usually find it difficult when it comes
to traffic circles to go round the wrong way when travelling in a
country where he needs to drive on the LH side.

Dirk matthee

4X4PLAY wrote:
>
> I asked my buddy what he thought about this thread since he drives a RHD
> Rover Defender in Canada..
> He says that it's usually not too bad to pass, he finds he can get a good
> look up the right side of the highway to see if any cars are coming...but
> his real answer was "passing in a Land Rover isn't an option"...lol
>
> Jeff
>
> "L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:4463BF9A.BFE02393@***.net...
> > And I drove a '58 Ford through them:
> > http://www.----------.com/baumholder.jpg I wish I was still immortal.
> > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> > mailto:--------------------
> >
> > Earle Horton wrote:
> >>
> >> I am just curious now. Are England, Canada, Singapore and Australia the
> >> only countries in the world with RHD, or are there more? I drove a LHD
> >> car
> >> in a LHD country, Spain, last year, and I am still getting over it. It
> >> wasn't so much RHD vs. LHD, but the tiny narrow streets, the insanely
> >> homicidal drivers, and the proliferation of traffic rotaries ("rotondas")
> >> that would put my native New England to shame.
> >>
> >> Earle

 

Yep, it took me a week in Bermuda to start getting used to those circles.

tw
__________________________________________________ ___________________
2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco

"There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."

Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
__________________________________________________ ___________________

UCT Staff Member - dmatthee wrote:
> I drive a LHD in a RHD country (South Africa); usually with an SUV (use
> to drive a Toy Cruiser), you can see right over the other cars; except
> when behind a truck (what you might call a semi) with the Porsche I fall
> back, look and put foot...
> It is much easier to drive on the roads you are use to, but a person
> used to driving on the RH side, usually find it difficult when it comes
> to traffic circles to go round the wrong way when travelling in a
> country where he needs to drive on the LH side.
>
> Dirk matthee

 

Yep, it took me a week in Bermuda to start getting used to those circles.

tw
__________________________________________________ ___________________
2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco

"There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."

Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
__________________________________________________ ___________________

UCT Staff Member - dmatthee wrote:
> I drive a LHD in a RHD country (South Africa); usually with an SUV (use
> to drive a Toy Cruiser), you can see right over the other cars; except
> when behind a truck (what you might call a semi) with the Porsche I fall
> back, look and put foot...
> It is much easier to drive on the roads you are use to, but a person
> used to driving on the RH side, usually find it difficult when it comes
> to traffic circles to go round the wrong way when travelling in a
> country where he needs to drive on the LH side.
>
> Dirk matthee

 

Yep, it took me a week in Bermuda to start getting used to those circles.

tw
__________________________________________________ ___________________
2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco

"There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."

Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
__________________________________________________ ___________________

UCT Staff Member - dmatthee wrote:
> I drive a LHD in a RHD country (South Africa); usually with an SUV (use
> to drive a Toy Cruiser), you can see right over the other cars; except
> when behind a truck (what you might call a semi) with the Porsche I fall
> back, look and put foot...
> It is much easier to drive on the roads you are use to, but a person
> used to driving on the RH side, usually find it difficult when it comes
> to traffic circles to go round the wrong way when travelling in a
> country where he needs to drive on the LH side.
>
> Dirk matthee

 

Earle Horton wrote:
> "Danny" <danny@nospam.gaggia-espresso.com> wrote in message
> news:4chkfmF15rjmgU1@individual.net...
> ---snippy---
>> Thousands of people in the UK drive this way when in Europe mainland.
>> Haven't heard news reports of thousands being killed on holiday.
>> Drive within the limitations - if you can't see far enough ahead to
>> overtake, don't.
>>
>> A friend of mine has moved to France and still insists on driving his
>> RHD car in a LHD country. I've done it many times, with no ill effect.
>>
> I am just curious now. Are England, Canada, Singapore and Australia the
> only countries in the world with RHD, or are there more? I drove a LHD car
> in a LHD country, Spain, last year, and I am still getting over it. It
> wasn't so much RHD vs. LHD, but the tiny narrow streets, the insanely
> homicidal drivers, and the proliferation of traffic rotaries ("rotondas")
> that would put my native New England to shame.
>
> Earle
>
>
I lived in the Bahamas for four years. To help the transition to driving
on the left I just taped a 3x5 card on the dash that said "Drive Left".
After a week it was second nature and if I did head off the wrong way
the locals would wave and yell... and laugh. The rotaries (roundabouts
or circuses in the Bahamas) weren't that bad because I grew up in
Massachusetts where rotaries were commonplace. Passing with LHD wasn't
much of an option because I was driving a Suzuki Samurai. All I could
pass were tourists on those rental motor scooters :-)

--
FRH

 

Earle Horton wrote:
> "Danny" <danny@nospam.gaggia-espresso.com> wrote in message
> news:4chkfmF15rjmgU1@individual.net...
> ---snippy---
>> Thousands of people in the UK drive this way when in Europe mainland.
>> Haven't heard news reports of thousands being killed on holiday.
>> Drive within the limitations - if you can't see far enough ahead to
>> overtake, don't.
>>
>> A friend of mine has moved to France and still insists on driving his
>> RHD car in a LHD country. I've done it many times, with no ill effect.
>>
> I am just curious now. Are England, Canada, Singapore and Australia the
> only countries in the world with RHD, or are there more? I drove a LHD car
> in a LHD country, Spain, last year, and I am still getting over it. It
> wasn't so much RHD vs. LHD, but the tiny narrow streets, the insanely
> homicidal drivers, and the proliferation of traffic rotaries ("rotondas")
> that would put my native New England to shame.
>
> Earle
>
>
I lived in the Bahamas for four years. To help the transition to driving
on the left I just taped a 3x5 card on the dash that said "Drive Left".
After a week it was second nature and if I did head off the wrong way
the locals would wave and yell... and laugh. The rotaries (roundabouts
or circuses in the Bahamas) weren't that bad because I grew up in
Massachusetts where rotaries were commonplace. Passing with LHD wasn't
much of an option because I was driving a Suzuki Samurai. All I could
pass were tourists on those rental motor scooters :-)

--
FRH

 

Earle Horton wrote:
> "Danny" <danny@nospam.gaggia-espresso.com> wrote in message
> news:4chkfmF15rjmgU1@individual.net...
> ---snippy---
>> Thousands of people in the UK drive this way when in Europe mainland.
>> Haven't heard news reports of thousands being killed on holiday.
>> Drive within the limitations - if you can't see far enough ahead to
>> overtake, don't.
>>
>> A friend of mine has moved to France and still insists on driving his
>> RHD car in a LHD country. I've done it many times, with no ill effect.
>>
> I am just curious now. Are England, Canada, Singapore and Australia the
> only countries in the world with RHD, or are there more? I drove a LHD car
> in a LHD country, Spain, last year, and I am still getting over it. It
> wasn't so much RHD vs. LHD, but the tiny narrow streets, the insanely
> homicidal drivers, and the proliferation of traffic rotaries ("rotondas")
> that would put my native New England to shame.
>
> Earle
>
>
I lived in the Bahamas for four years. To help the transition to driving
on the left I just taped a 3x5 card on the dash that said "Drive Left".
After a week it was second nature and if I did head off the wrong way
the locals would wave and yell... and laugh. The rotaries (roundabouts
or circuses in the Bahamas) weren't that bad because I grew up in
Massachusetts where rotaries were commonplace. Passing with LHD wasn't
much of an option because I was driving a Suzuki Samurai. All I could
pass were tourists on those rental motor scooters :-)

--
FRH