Right-Hand drive?
05-11-2006, 05:35 PM
#71
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Re: Right-Hand drive?
How about domestically produced vehicles? If memory serves, the RHD
Wranglers are built in Toledo. Got a link to that law you cite?
"Stupendous Man" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
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> Too bad it was a scam.
> It is federal law that states that new production vehicles imported must
> be left hand drive, unless specially permitted, and the Gov can do what
> they want. I have driven quite a few British righties here in Ca, and had
> one hauled here from Mass. It is a bit weird driving in the gutter when
> making right turns, and using turn lanes, but like anything else, you get
> used to it. The passing danger is real.
> I have had a lot of fun driving this one,
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/arbori...58.jpg&.src=ph
> with my 4 year old nephew in the left front seat. A monkey would be even
> better.
> --
> Stupendous Man,
> Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty
>
Wranglers are built in Toledo. Got a link to that law you cite?
"Stupendous Man" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
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> Too bad it was a scam.
> It is federal law that states that new production vehicles imported must
> be left hand drive, unless specially permitted, and the Gov can do what
> they want. I have driven quite a few British righties here in Ca, and had
> one hauled here from Mass. It is a bit weird driving in the gutter when
> making right turns, and using turn lanes, but like anything else, you get
> used to it. The passing danger is real.
> I have had a lot of fun driving this one,
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/arbori...58.jpg&.src=ph
> with my 4 year old nephew in the left front seat. A monkey would be even
> better.
> --
> Stupendous Man,
> Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty
>
05-11-2006, 05:35 PM
#72
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Re: Right-Hand drive?
How about domestically produced vehicles? If memory serves, the RHD
Wranglers are built in Toledo. Got a link to that law you cite?
"Stupendous Man" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
news:4cgp6vF15ivkuU1@individual.net...
> Too bad it was a scam.
> It is federal law that states that new production vehicles imported must
> be left hand drive, unless specially permitted, and the Gov can do what
> they want. I have driven quite a few British righties here in Ca, and had
> one hauled here from Mass. It is a bit weird driving in the gutter when
> making right turns, and using turn lanes, but like anything else, you get
> used to it. The passing danger is real.
> I have had a lot of fun driving this one,
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/arbori...58.jpg&.src=ph
> with my 4 year old nephew in the left front seat. A monkey would be even
> better.
> --
> Stupendous Man,
> Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty
>
Wranglers are built in Toledo. Got a link to that law you cite?
"Stupendous Man" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
news:4cgp6vF15ivkuU1@individual.net...
> Too bad it was a scam.
> It is federal law that states that new production vehicles imported must
> be left hand drive, unless specially permitted, and the Gov can do what
> they want. I have driven quite a few British righties here in Ca, and had
> one hauled here from Mass. It is a bit weird driving in the gutter when
> making right turns, and using turn lanes, but like anything else, you get
> used to it. The passing danger is real.
> I have had a lot of fun driving this one,
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/arbori...58.jpg&.src=ph
> with my 4 year old nephew in the left front seat. A monkey would be even
> better.
> --
> Stupendous Man,
> Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty
>
05-11-2006, 05:35 PM
#73
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Re: Right-Hand drive?
How about domestically produced vehicles? If memory serves, the RHD
Wranglers are built in Toledo. Got a link to that law you cite?
"Stupendous Man" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
news:4cgp6vF15ivkuU1@individual.net...
> Too bad it was a scam.
> It is federal law that states that new production vehicles imported must
> be left hand drive, unless specially permitted, and the Gov can do what
> they want. I have driven quite a few British righties here in Ca, and had
> one hauled here from Mass. It is a bit weird driving in the gutter when
> making right turns, and using turn lanes, but like anything else, you get
> used to it. The passing danger is real.
> I have had a lot of fun driving this one,
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/arbori...58.jpg&.src=ph
> with my 4 year old nephew in the left front seat. A monkey would be even
> better.
> --
> Stupendous Man,
> Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty
>
Wranglers are built in Toledo. Got a link to that law you cite?
"Stupendous Man" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
news:4cgp6vF15ivkuU1@individual.net...
> Too bad it was a scam.
> It is federal law that states that new production vehicles imported must
> be left hand drive, unless specially permitted, and the Gov can do what
> they want. I have driven quite a few British righties here in Ca, and had
> one hauled here from Mass. It is a bit weird driving in the gutter when
> making right turns, and using turn lanes, but like anything else, you get
> used to it. The passing danger is real.
> I have had a lot of fun driving this one,
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/arbori...58.jpg&.src=ph
> with my 4 year old nephew in the left front seat. A monkey would be even
> better.
> --
> Stupendous Man,
> Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty
>
05-11-2006, 05:36 PM
#74
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Re: Right-Hand drive?
Japan.
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
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> "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
>
>
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
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> "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
>
>
05-11-2006, 05:36 PM
#75
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Re: Right-Hand drive?
Japan.
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
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> "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
>
>
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
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> "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
>
>
05-11-2006, 05:36 PM
#76
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Re: Right-Hand drive?
Japan.
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
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> "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
>
>
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:4463a13a$0$23725$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> "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
>
>
05-11-2006, 06:50 PM
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Re: Right-Hand drive?
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
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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
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
05-11-2006, 06:50 PM
#78
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Re: Right-Hand drive?
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
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
05-11-2006, 06:50 PM
#79
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Re: Right-Hand drive?
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
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
05-11-2006, 06:54 PM
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Re: Right-Hand drive?
Caribbean sea ports on the north coast of South America.
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Dave Milne wrote:
>
> 1. Anguilla
> 2. Antigua and Barbuda
> 3. Australia
> 4. Bahamas
> 5. Bangladesh
> 6. Barbados
> 7. Bermuda
> 8. Bhutan
> 9. Botswana
> 10. Brunei
> 11. Cayman Islands
> 12. Christmas Island (Australia)
> 13. Cook Islands
> 14. Cyprus
> 15. Dominica
> 16. East Timor
> 17. Falkland Islands
> 18. Fiji
> 19. Grenada
> 20. Guernsey (Channel Islands)
> 21. Guyana
> 22. Hong Kong
> 23. India
> 24. Indonesia
> 25. Ireland
> 26. Isle of Man
> 27. Jamaica
> 28. Japan
> 29. Jersey (Channel Islands)
> 30. Kenya
> 31. Kiribati
> 32. Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)
> 33. Lesotho
> 34. Macau
> 35. Malawi
> 36. Malaysia
> 37. Maldives
> 38. Malta
> 39. Mauritius
> 40. Montserrat
> 41. Mozambique
> 42. Namibia
> 43. Nauru
> 44. Nepal
> 45. New Zealand
> 46. Niue
> 47. Norfolk Island (Australia)
> 48. Pakistan
> 49. Papua New Guinea
> 50. Pitcairn Islands (Britain)
> 51. Saint Helena
> 52. Saint Kitts and Nevis
> 53. Saint Lucia
> 54. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
> 55. Seychelles
> 56. Singapore
> 57. Solomon Islands
> 58. South Africa
> 59. Sri Lanka
> 60. Suriname
> 61. Swaziland
> 62. Tanzania
> 63. Thailand
> 64. Tokelau (New Zealand)
> 65. Tonga
> 66. Trinidad and Tobago
> 67. Turks and Caicos Islands
> 68. Tuvalu
> 69. Uganda
> 70. United Kingdom
> 71. Virgin Islands (British)
> 72. Virgin Islands (US)
> 73. Zambia
> 74. Zimbabwe
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
> '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
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Dave Milne wrote:
>
> 1. Anguilla
> 2. Antigua and Barbuda
> 3. Australia
> 4. Bahamas
> 5. Bangladesh
> 6. Barbados
> 7. Bermuda
> 8. Bhutan
> 9. Botswana
> 10. Brunei
> 11. Cayman Islands
> 12. Christmas Island (Australia)
> 13. Cook Islands
> 14. Cyprus
> 15. Dominica
> 16. East Timor
> 17. Falkland Islands
> 18. Fiji
> 19. Grenada
> 20. Guernsey (Channel Islands)
> 21. Guyana
> 22. Hong Kong
> 23. India
> 24. Indonesia
> 25. Ireland
> 26. Isle of Man
> 27. Jamaica
> 28. Japan
> 29. Jersey (Channel Islands)
> 30. Kenya
> 31. Kiribati
> 32. Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)
> 33. Lesotho
> 34. Macau
> 35. Malawi
> 36. Malaysia
> 37. Maldives
> 38. Malta
> 39. Mauritius
> 40. Montserrat
> 41. Mozambique
> 42. Namibia
> 43. Nauru
> 44. Nepal
> 45. New Zealand
> 46. Niue
> 47. Norfolk Island (Australia)
> 48. Pakistan
> 49. Papua New Guinea
> 50. Pitcairn Islands (Britain)
> 51. Saint Helena
> 52. Saint Kitts and Nevis
> 53. Saint Lucia
> 54. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
> 55. Seychelles
> 56. Singapore
> 57. Solomon Islands
> 58. South Africa
> 59. Sri Lanka
> 60. Suriname
> 61. Swaziland
> 62. Tanzania
> 63. Thailand
> 64. Tokelau (New Zealand)
> 65. Tonga
> 66. Trinidad and Tobago
> 67. Turks and Caicos Islands
> 68. Tuvalu
> 69. Uganda
> 70. United Kingdom
> 71. Virgin Islands (British)
> 72. Virgin Islands (US)
> 73. Zambia
> 74. Zimbabwe
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
> '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ