> > Pub, as in just got back from...
> Drove back, no doubt, on the right side of the road :-)
> > Pub, as in just got back from...
> Drove back, no doubt, on the right side of the road :-)
I believe it was NFS:PU that had an option to drive the "mirrored" versions of
the circuits, and when you did that, the traffic cars would be driving on the
left instead of the right... Maybe you could use that feature.
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> > Anybody know of a sim or tutor program for driving in England or other euro
> > countries that drive on the left side of the road? My company has to send a
> > couple of guys over there this winter and they want to get a car.....
> > ****
> > Eat well, stay fit, die anyway......
> Midtown Madness has London as one of its modeled cities.
> I concur with Goy: when I drove around in South Africa I had to
> be very careful for the first few days (like him I almost screwed up
> and started driving down a lane the wrong way! Managed to detour
> right before the point-of-no-return...), but eventually it became
> second nature.
I mean, when I turn left onto a new road here, it's second nature to
look left and make sure the path is clear, it's those "little" things
like that which I found I needed to pay attention to, that and the fact
that some UK roads are somewhat narrow but that doesn't seem to affect
lorry/truck drivers one little bit
UK has some spectacular B roads though, if you like "active" driving,
drove down through Wales back in June, great scenery, fun roads and
littered with pubs, what more can you ask ?
The obvious answer would be a better understanding of the language of
course, but once they realize you're not English.....:-), I'll never
understand how words can have 20+ letters, of which one or two are
vovels and still being able to pronounce it, Polish is nothing compared
to Welsh :-)
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
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> > In Europe, only the UK, Ireland and the Channel Islands drive on
> > the left hand side of the road.
> <snip>
> Not quite - so do Cyprus, the Isle of Man and Malta. (But Gibraltar
> drives on the right!)
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> I think Sweden switched from driving on the left to driving on the right in
> the late 1960s...that must have been an exciting day to be driving...
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
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September 3rd, 1967, 5:00 AM to be exact. All traffic stopped for a few
minutes, then switched sides. Incidentally, thanks to the massive
educational efforts and propaganda preceding the changeover, September and
October of that year became two of the most accident-free months in recent
history, with only 50% of the accidents of the year before!
(The biggest concern for many drivers were the fact that from then on, they
would be driving with the steering wheel on the "wrong side" -- The cars
were already left-hand drive, and people were used to driving with a good
view over the road-side ditch... :)
I don't think a Sim is going help. The trickiest thing for me was learning
to judge the distance to the right of the car from the left seat, instead of
the distance to the left from the right seat. As long as there is traffic
around when you first drive on the other side, you'll tend to follow it and
not drive on the wrong side. I think one of the most dangerous times is when
you first jump in the car in the morning and head onto the road. It's very
easy to drive onto the wrong side, due to habit.
Techinically, the driving conversion is simple, but you must constantly
remember to ignore your habits and look the other way when turning, merging
etc. I found after a few months of regularly swapping sides that it became
very natural. As soon as I hop in a left hand drive car my brain
automatically "switches".
Interestingly enough, I found it more difficult to drive my own RHD car when
I drove it around Europe for the first time, as by then I had become used to
LHD.
Roundabouts were remarkably easy, and I was soon flowing through
them almost as naturally as I do in the UK.
The LHD Clio was interesting on mountain hairpins above Lake
Garda, though - on that occasion I probably would have preferred
my own 405, even if it is wider.
Jonny
Interesting you mention that. The 2nd time I ever drove a LHD I got a bit
over-confident, and almost hit the cliff face a few times climbing on the
narrow road that goes up the mountain from Limone - on the NW side of Lake
Garda. However, the scariest bit was driving through all the narrow tunnels
around the edge of the lake, from Salo up to Riva. I was really terrified
when passing trucks coming the other way, as I wasn't confident about
judging the distance on either side!