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William
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It is common sense for most people who are right handed to keep their right hand on the steering wheel. This is not rocket science. Governments made a mistake changing over to driving on the right.
Now it is embarrassing and difficult for them to change back to driving on the left. |
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victor s
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Never going to happen McDonalds will never change there drive though. |
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onsomethinguk
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A nice idea, but the (literally!) billions of pounds involved make it almost a non-starter. The Brits have looked, several times at the viability of switching to driving on the right, but in a nation with one of the highest densities of cars in the world... is it really viable to ask everyone to buy a new one? Now multiply that by several million and you have the problem in the US. And that's before you've thought about changing the road signs, the road markings etc.
It's the same reason that some countries work in KM and some in miles - it's too late to change now.
There's a reason why we lefties are called "sinister"! |
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Chris
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I think driving on the right was mainly brought about by Napoleon who was left handed and driving on the right suits left handed people; however governments have for 100s of years now prevented any discussion on this subject for two reasons;
1, It would be dangerous and expensive for everybody to change over to lhd driving, at least at first.
2 .. People do not easily admit making mistakes especially catastrophic mistakes like driving on the right |
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Daniel A
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The United States will never change to left side driving. Simply because it would be a logistical nigh mare. Think of the millions of people who have been driving on the right for more than 40 years and how difficult it would be to change that pattern. Think of all the billions of intersections. The interstate interchanges and ramps. The traffic lights. The road markings. Every single item must be changed and switched over night. Can you imagine the shere volume of accidents and not to mention the billions of dollars to even start to think about it. Plus if we did it Canada and Mexico would both have to do it then every country in South America would have to aswell since right sided roads cross our borders.
I am a right handed driver with a manual transmission here in the states and I have driven a manual in the Bahamas where they drive on the left. There is no benifit either way. If you drive a manual you shouldn't be shifting gears in that type of situation any way. I make it a point to never shift in the middle of an intersection or anyother time i might need two hands on the wheel. If people are stupid enough to not be able to be driving on the right side they should not be driving at all.
Plus just because a majority is doing something doesn't meen they are correct. The United States stands firm in its fight against left sided driving and strives to rid the world of that tyranny. :) |
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#2 in the oven
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Sounds like this isn't a question. The US won't do this any time soon for several reasons. Top is insurance has way too many lobbiests and the change would create a huge increase in accidents and payouts for a few years for the learning curve. Driving actually becomes second nature such as riding a bike.
Also, the money it would cost to change infrastructure to support a change on the road would be way too high to justify this. |
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Alex
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Not my experience.
Driving a manual shift vehicle on the left, as in the UK, requires that you are dextrous with your left hand. As you say, most people are righthanded, so it is more difficult to manage this.
My European friend found it fairly easy to adapt to UK driving with my automatic UK car, but had great difficulty when we had to hire a UK manual shift.
I learned and spent 20 years driving in UK, but after 10 years of oversesas driving, found it quite easy to make the change back to UK driving, but strange to have to operate the manual shift with my left hand.
Same applies to using sound system: selecting radio channels, inserting discs, tapes etc. Much easier if you have a free righthand if you are right handed, but that, necessarily means that your driving position must be on the lefthand side of the car, as in Europe.
Any idea how many people are left or right hand driving?
China is right hand, but most of the old British empire are still driving on the left, and that includes India and Pakistan. If a third of the world was under British rule, it makes for an awful lot of people driving on the left. |
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stoopid
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OK so. Will all the people who's names begin from A-M change on Tuesday and all others change on Wednesday. |
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the bad seed
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you could not be more wrong in your thinking....
you want your good hand on the shifter..
and while i am right handed my left eye is dominant.. |
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kinning_park
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I am left-handed. I have driven in the UK without problem and I have driven on the right in continental Europe in cars with left hand drive and cars with right hand drive. Other than a few minutes of acclimatisation, there's no practical difference whatever. |
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pj
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i thought it was just one in ten and the second bit is no |
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Pickle
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I'd like to know where you get your evidence from, and perhaps where I could find an fMRI study or two to support your theory as what you are saying sounds quite far from the truth. |
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John S
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No, but I agree with your points |
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Barry auh2o
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Now I've heard everything. You're using being right handed as an excuse for your accident.? Wow!! |
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