Driving in the UK for the first time - See what I did to make the transition easier.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ค. 2015
- I drove in the UK for the first time. So I figured I would bring y'all along to see what it's like to drive on the left side of the road. See what I did to make the transition easier.
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Just started driving in the UK for the first time. The easiest trick i use in figuring which lane is the right one, is that the passenger's seat should be closest to the curb. This has eased my confusion a 100x
This comment is so helpful! Thank you so much and God bless!!
Very true but I still smash my hand into the door when I go to change gear.
With so many driving games out there now on consoles and PCs I am surprised nobody has brought out a simulator to let you practice on driving on the opposite side of the road to the one you are used to.
city car driving. You can drive set the location. So can learn right and left
There’s one called forza horizon
I learned how to drive on the left in euro truck simulator 2 and how the traffic lights are on the other side (very far away from where you stop) in the US with American Truck Simulator :D
I feel like having a nervous breakdown just watching this. I don't even know how you're talking to the camera and not crashing. Lol
Mike is a very poor driver if even the postion of the mirror (in the centre!) bothers him.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Pure skill
@@fivish p
My biggest concern would be things that I do reflexively such as moving to the right to avoid a head-on collision
Because you are aware of it, you will keep reminding yourself and it won't be a issue.
I spent about 10 years in the UK. Driving on the left was a bit strange at first, but it became second nature after about a week. But it took me three tries to pass my driving test, despite having driven for 20 years in Canada. The driving test is an exercise in choreography, which you really can't master without taking lessons, no matter how experienced you are. The narrow roads require a different driving style: you don't necessarily stay in your lane; for example, you may have to drive down the middle of the road to pass parked cars. And my driving instructor taught me to make use of information like reflections in shop windows to see around corners. The thing I found the most awkward, for some reason, was looking over my left shoulder when backing up. Driving on the left has one advantage that I could see: it makes more sense to have your right hand on the steering wheel and your left hand free to work the gearshift, unless you are left-handed.
idk i would feel that it's more natural to have your dominant hand and the gearshift
BS.. I'm right handed and greatly prefer driving with my left. No even subconsciously do I use my right, feels unnatural.. even more so when I'm driving stick shift..
Driving on the right hand side of the road is so rude - how can you shake hands with the chap coming in the opposite direction or defend yourself with your sword if he is a scoundrel.
That's what it's all about Jeff. Not many know it.
You can... The steering wheel is on the other side.
Jeff Walker you're a fucking dumbass
The steering wheel is on the right side on cars in the us and canada soooo yah.
When Americans commenting on this comment think they know best yet this comment is about a tradition older than their country
This is exactly how I felt while driving in America
Idk. As an American who has been living in the UK, I still feel US is much easier and user-friendly. You can literally learn US traffic playing GTA V.. it's that easy.
@@therickestpicklerick BRUH I DO GTA 5 RP AND THAT TRUE
@@therickestpicklerick can you actually learn from GTA
@@ndjdjdkdddkkdddd1346 they don't "teach you" on GTA but you get a real feel of the traffic system in America by following the flow of traffic and the street signs. You can really learn it.
@sam gaming here we are 5 years later add me
In from the UK but I live in California, driving in the UK is a lot harder, a lot more rules and smaller roads + driving manual. While driving in the US is so easy, the test as well was a breeze to pass
I can attest to this fact.
this just enforces my want to leave England lmao
The problem is that the people make the rules, everybody knows them and there's no test for it. It's definitely an interesting country to drive in especially when you have a two way country road barely fit enough for a quad bike.
@@jessventures6172 or becoming a better driver?
Im also from the UK and living in California. I also think driving in the UK is difficult but a lot safer. UK drivers in general are better and well disciplined.
Good to hear you say more than once,"driving on the oppersite side of the road" rather than the wrong side of the road! as other U.S. commentors have said...
+morini500dave But it is wrong side of the road for most world lol. God damn hipsters of the world!
Around a quarter of the world drive on the left!
+Reinis Miks more people are right handed then left handed in the world. So means most people's dominant hand isn't coming off of the wheel.
+Reinis Miks UK, Australia, Japan, India, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Ireland, Jersey, Hong Kong, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Cyprus, Guernsey, Malta, Barbados, Bahamas, Jamaica, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Botswana, Indonesia, Uganda, New Zealand, Fiji, U.S Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Maldives.... Just to name a few countries that drive on the left.
Yes.90% of the worlds population are right handed.In the distant past armed combatants would approach with their swords etc in the right hand and this is why I think that's how we've inherited driving on the left?
Never thought I'd see an american behind the wheel of a Peugeot! XD
no american know what a Peugot is and where it comes from !
@@Arltratlo dude I've forgotten more about cars than you know.
@@Arltratlo It's a car, from France. I know what a peugeot is.
@@Arltratlo I wish we had them in the US. :(
@@evgenih2930 why... keep your oversized cars and girls over there...lol
I was stationed in England back in the 90s. It messed me up going back to the States. I remember the first day home on leave. I was at the local mall and driving near the doors, my friend said that I was on the wrong side. BTW I drove a LHD car in the UK.
Just imagine the nightmare, if "left" and "right" meant the opposite also. lol
Remember on roundabouts to follow lanes correctly. That generally means 'peeling out' as you reach your exit. In a two-lane roundabout, use the right-hand lane to go right and the left-hand lane to go left or straight on. It's important so you don't block people trying to get off at their exits unnecessarily.
One suggestion that can help - it works for me - I suggest that if you drive on the opposite side of the road to which you are accustomed (Yanks in UK, or Brits in USA/Europe), that you drive with your window open and your arm resting on opening. This helps you drive with the opposite hand to which you will normally drive with, and mean that you have to "swap" arms to shift gears, and subconsciously will persuade your eyes to glance towards the mirror in the middle of the car. One thing that has always surprised me - that the accelerator/brake/(clutch) pedal arrangement is always the same, in both left hand and right hand drive cars, and not swapped round. I think that would really be confusing!
Switching the pedals would be complete pisstake
I don't believe I'd be able to handle turning at the 4-way intersections. I can picture myself sitting there trying to figure out the physics and trajectory and the angle and a line of cars behind me, waiting for me to figure it out and beeping at me. And then in a last-minute rush, I drive over the curb.
Thankfully we don't have curbs in the UK 😛
But we do have kerbs!
Terrible joke 🤣
While over on vacation from the UK, my wife and I drove from Brandon, Manitoba to Vancouver, then, over to Vancouver island and back over the Rockies via Banff to Brandon. We felt quite pleased by our achievement - driving on the right-hand side of the road. Our major problem was keeping to the low speed limits, identifying the 'one-way' street signs, and, most of all remembering not to press the foot brake with the left foot. Wow! first and only time - thank heavens for the seat belt! There was of course, the unexpected weight of American/Canadian built cars. Not only are they larger cars to UK/European cars - they are extremely heavy, stopping one in comparison to a British/European car is an eye-opener - it's like stopping a super-tanker - you need lots of space. Maybe that is why the speed limits are lower on US/Canadian highways. I came home with great respect for those automatic geared gas-guzzlers. After driving one of those, driving my own car was like driving a noddy car. Having said that, I have great respect for American and Canadian visitors 'mixing' it with the locals on UK roads. It's the roundabouts that confuses our cousins', they just don't have them in their daily lives, and I guess I get confused with them too, from time to time. Happy motoring, wherever you are!
Hi William, thanks for watching, and I am glad you had fun driving a land yacht.
It isn't that we don't have roundabouts in our lives---many of us do. It is the fact that the rules are the exact opposite for left-drive countries like yours.
"remembering not to press the foot brake with the left foot." I'm sorry but WHEN do you use the left foot for braking? Manual or Automatic its always the right foot. In an Automatic, the left foot shouldnt have to do a thing!!
Its even explained in the popular US Program "Breaking Bad" where Walter Jr "Flynn" is learning to drive and he uses his left foot to brake and his dad Walter Sr is telling him no no no!!
@@CrazyInWeston are the pedals in reverse on UK vehicles? If so I could see that happening
@@bigboi4269 Pedals are in same order, from right to left its Acelleration (gas), Brakes in niddle, Clutch on left (which use left foot for!)
Your video was very helpful. I will remember that when traveling to UK.
After driving like a "pro" for about 20 years in India and just yesterday i drove for the first time in America and i almost felt like I've never driven a car before.
I don't even drive but this is giving me anxiety
I once drive 80km to meet a guy name Cliff and he jerk me off
@@blizzaroxxx tf lol
Many British driver's have had experience driving on the continent, perhaps once a year on a annual break, so it doesn't take too long to re-adjust. As always with these things--taking your time to observe,and think ahead, before you make a move, is best. Ignoring those behind you if possible--as it was when first learning to drive--not easy I know but ignore those idiots blowing their horns.
I’m an American living in London and I am so nervous to rent a car here to go to the countryside. I’m just so afraid that I’m going to crash
Your advices rock ! thanks !
It is weird. I was driving around southern Spain for a few weeks back in June and at first I was trying to change gear with the window handle and looking for the rear view mirror in the side window! Spanish roads are very tough anyway so stick shifting was hard because you're just not used to the reverse setup. The advice about trying to get an automatic is good but they are usually much more expensive in Europe for some reason. The worst part of that experience was the drive from the airport to my rental 80 miles away when I was still totally raw and it was getting dark. Now THAT was hairy. Without a sat nav the search parties would still be out checking ditches for me today!
Thank you! Very informational! 😊
being from the uk must feel so weird to drive in american car in america, i so get where hes comin from
+Jason Yes, it would be the same, very awkward.
+Simon Robbins, I regularly holiday in France and find the only 'disadvantage' is having to rely on my passenger when over-taking large vehicles on 'ordinary' roads.
An advantage when driving in towns is that I can see pedestrians much more easily.
The French toll-roads are, for the average Brit used to heavy traffic on our motorways, an absolute dream.
Bottom line is to stay focussed.
great video
Enjoyed this video! Hope you enjoyed your Time in the UK with us! I’m travelling to Florida next week, and very nervous about driving on the opposite side of the road! I watched your video about driving for the first time in the US. Very informative, Thankyou 😁
Same like me, dude, i'm from Indonesia, we drove on the left side of the road
Thanks for this!
Very cool
Great advice
Im from England and I think driving in the us is so much easier to change to!
Hi, In general I think driving in the US is much easier, regardless of which side of the road you use.
Mike Young yes! Definitely. The only thing I found different is 4 way intersections with no lights!
Years of playing Grand Theft Auto that is mate
Roads on this continent are gobs wider. They practically beg you to throw it into 3rd gear and put your foot down.
Excellent intro to UK driving Mike, I think sometimes us limeys forget how strange driving on the other side is for Americans as we live close to other countries so swapping from left to right hand driving is almost second nature for most of us.
+Lee B Hello Lee Thanks for comment.
When we come across the pond to the States we have same problem lol
I find when on the other side of the road, it's all fine as long as you have other traffic and your not flustered. If your flustered and no cars, you'll likely go around the odd small roundabout the wrong way. Lol.
Excellent advice. Very good.
Thanks.
I am from the Uk.We travel a lot in Europe.I find it easy to adapt to driving on the right,after a couple of days it seems normal to drive on the right.Admittedly I am driving my own car so that must help also as we have been to Europe so many times I do not worry that I will have a problem.I think your first time driving on the left may be a concern but after a couple of days it will not be a problem.Also drivers here in the UK show more courtesy to other drivers than in many countries.
Like you say the danger comes the next day when you leave your hotel. I have found this when driving my UK car in France. It's even more dangerous then because you are in a familiar car but on the opposite side of the road. A right hand drive car on the right side of the road also puts you at a disadvantage as you can't see as well when emerging from junctions.
Legends say they are still working on "Why the roads in UK are left-hand side".
Exceptional video! I would feel strange after years of learning and driving in the US.
thanks great! very informative!! (leaving tomorrow!!!)
A little thing I did to make it easier was if turning into a side street on my side of the road take the nearest lane and if turning into one on the opposite side then it’s the far side lane you turn onto
hahaha, I live near this airport and recognised the junction in the thumbnail instantly, hope you enjoyed the uk mate
I’m getting ready to drive in the UK. I’ve been multiple times for work, but I’ve always taken the train north from London and had a colleague close to my hotel who could pick me up and drop me off, and the town where I was staying was quite walkable.
Well, thank you for this. I will be in a place soon that drives on the left and I wanted to get a preview. LOL Didn't think about everything in the car being opposite, though. This IS going to be a challenge!
Malaysia drives on the left too, being a former British colony. Watched a vlog by Canadian traveller pair being first time behind the wheels in Malaysia... everything opposite from back home!!
When I learnt to drive (using any available car) I used both left and right hand manual (and floor and steering column gear levers) without a problem. Obviously having an automatic is best (who wants to waste time and effort changing gears?) and a satnav is a good idea, but still have a map to make sure you are actually going to the right place!
The real concern when driving on a different side of the road is what you do in an emergency! Instinct (training) may kick in and you get it seriously wrong.
In the UK, if you take your test in an automatic, you can only drive an automatic car, hence most people take the test in a manual, which means they can drive with both sorts of gearbox.One reason for manual, is that if an automatic gearbox fails, it fails completely. With a manual, there's usually 1 or 2 forward gears that still work.
In the UK many of us are comfortable driving on either side as we go abroad a lot on holiday.
Great video, we are from the UK going to Florida this week - should be good! You did well, the traffic is pretty manic over here!
I still remember my first time arriving in the U.S from England (1980) and driving from LAX through Los Angeles took a bit of getting used to. Also the little thing about going through a red light when turning right, totally alien to us in the UK. I have always wondered why when you hire a car especially from the larger hire firms they do not have a basic rules of the road booklet or something like that to help if you are from overseas. Interesting to see your film.
I think one of the reasons we have do many speed cameras is the fact that we have very little police on the roads.
Also automatics are generally more expensive than manuals here.
Every Christmas Eve I go through this.
The reindeer have a tough time staying on the left
We did that too. We shipped 4 Austin Minis from Chile to the UK to participate in the 60 aniversary of the Mini august 2019 Bristol. Strange feeling not only driving on wrong side of the motor way but our Minis are left hand drive. Frightening when a lorry is right behind pushing to pass you. What a driving expereience.
I tried driving in Thailand. Whenever I would need to reverse, I would look over my right shoulder, but if the steering wheel is on the right you should look over your left shoulder. That and having the turn signal and windshield wipers reversed got me very confused, while learning how to drive in crazy bangkok traffic
I'm from the UK and just watching this gives me the giggles. I'd be in the same position if i drove in the US, I hope too one day! :)
Same here as an american driving on the right is so second nature that the change is indeed stressful Im sure ive never been to the uk ive always wanted to visit though
@@dakotatodd5168 Ditto! Would love to visit a few places around the US and Canada one day :)
@@jessventures6172 there tons of places to see we are a big country id love to give you advice on where to lol
In the UK speed camera avoidance is very easy, it's 10% of the limit +2mph. So 70 MPH, the camera wouldn't flash until you hit 79 MPH but because cars are a bit slow, even though you got flashed doesn't mean you'll get a fine especially when you're just borderline recommend prosecution (10% +2mph), not sure about the motorway but any other roads have lines on them to determine speed.. Again, it depends.
Having done the same but in Florida I found it was more the combo of driving on the right hand side and the left of the car which I found most disconcerting to begin with. That and concentrating on where to go and turning off junctions made it hard to get used to even after 2 weeks of driving.
I tried once, rented an automatic. Never again. That is better for Britain and for me. I do drive automatics since then, so it was kind of useful. But I will never again drive over there. I cannot do it. It is a miracle that I survived and did not hurt anyone in the process.
Hi enjoyed watching. You seem a very good driver. I am English and one year my husband and I drove from LA to Las Vegas in the dark. Until we got on the Interstate we had a few scary moments navigating off the slip roads (not sure what you call them in the US). I think for the first few times driving on the opposite side of the road than you are used to one needs to drive in daylight. PS. We didn’t choose to drive in the dark but it took us two hours at the Hertz rental at LA even though we had pre-booked the car but the place was packed. Anyway by the time we got the car it was almost dusk. I’ll never forget that experience because the other thing that happened was the sat nav kept freezing so we only had it intermittently. In fact at one point we ended up in Compton!
I was visiting the UK earlier in 2018. The rental agency was out of cars with automatics so I rented one with a stick shift since I have driven stick shift cars in the USA. It was much easier than I expected as it was the smoothest shifting car that I have ever driven and had different gear ratios. It was not advisable to have the car in 5th gear until doing 50 mph. When doing city driving i could do it in 2nd gear or 3rd gear if over 30 mph. This meant that I did not have to be shifting as frequently as I would need to on stick shift cars in the USA. I did however find that driving on the left was a very easy transition. All I had to do was follow what the rest of the traffic was doing. The motorways are nicer than the freeways in the USA. They are very orderly. I did however find that driving on very narrow roads with heavy traffic and large trucks (or lorries, British English) a little terrifying.
Went back to the UK a few years after being away for sometime. Hired a car, Complained to my wife the engine sounded loud, then realized I was in a shift model, another time coming out of the restaurant, saw this car coming towards me, in my lane then realized I was on the right not the left
It took me two months to get used to openning the right door of the driver's seat every morning. It was crazy
When i first drove a left hand drive car in spain i kept hitting the drivers door going for my gears. In 2018 i visited vancouver and seattle and driving left hand drive was easy as i have driven many times in europe
what a lovely day bright blue sky
Having driven in England and America, the one thing I love about the US is the right on red rule.
I drove on the left side of the road when I visited England back in 2007. Strange experience, but I adjusted quickly. My only complaint is that the auto and lorry drivers on the motorways in the UK are crazy, not to mention the traffic congestion, most of it I encountered on the M25 surrounding London as well as on the M6 and M42 around Birmingham. They do have speeding cameras, but I kept under the speed limit and experienced no trouble and was never pulled over and ticketed with a speeding fine. I was not familiar with most of the country roads of the A series, so I stayed mostly on the motorways. The best driving was on the M40, M3, M1 and the M4 away from London where traffic was less. I had to use the M6 Toll to get around the traffic congestion of Birmingham (cost was 4 pounds). But the gasoline (petrol) was very expensive; around 1.05 to 1.18 pounds per liter; spent over L.35 (pounds sterling) (around $57 USD) to fill up at a Shell station on the M6 plus nearly the name amount at an Esso station off the M55 in Blackpool. Renting a car is the best way to see England, or any foreign country you visit, but it is also the most expensive; my five-day car rental cost me over $700 (that included auto insurance, fuel costs, and Value Added Tax which was 17.5%). But I still think it was worth the expense.
I'm astonished how you remembered all those motorways and othe details from your visit 🤯 I can hardly remember what I had breakfast yesterday 😅😂
I have been driving on the right side of the car in my video games recently, and I actually got into the right side of my car in real life the other day.
Hi! I like your video. Like the British, Kiwis, and Aussies, we Fijians also drive on the left side of the road and steering wheels are placed on the right-hand side of vehicles. A total opposite to American, our fast lanes (2 or more lanes) are the right-most lane while you guys have it on the left-most of the road. One thing that's common, there are more roundabouts compared to the US, RUSSIA, CHINA and all those countries. Last year, two American tourists were injured after they were involved in a deadly crash that killed a driver of another car on country side driving. Witness said, the couple had been driving on the wrong side of the road and had blindly turned on bends. Unfortunately, they met head on with a car on a blind bend killing him instantly. The couple were lucky to be alive. So from then it has been stressed to tourists from opposite driving countries to maintain their side of the road regularly while there are signs all over the place to inform tourists to always keep left and also not hog the far right lane(fast lane) where there are more lanes.
Sweet video.
Driving in this country, these days, is a nightmare. That bloke is correct - there are speed cameras everywhere. They are there, according to The Authorities, to enhance road safety. The truth is I spend as much time looking at my speeedometer as I do the road, in order to avoid a fine for speeding. They are a money - making racket.
Yeah you're right Steve. It is only about the money, not safety.
Does you're car have cruise control? I successfully avoid speeding tickets and don't have to look down at my speedometer in areas with speed cameras just by setting my cruise control to the speed limit. I totally agree about the cameras their only there to increase revenue.
You're driving incorrectly if you're having to look so often. Hold your foot in one position. I only end up checking once every few minutes, and I've rarely caught myself even a few MPH over the limit
+Steve MetalHammer I disagree Steve, if you are finding you are constantly speeding up, you need to be reminded to keep to the limit. Nothing to do with taking your cash, all to do with road safety for the rest of us the road with you.
Over here in the US we have more traffic lights at intersections then round-a-bouts. They also have red light cameras.They cause more accidents from people breaking right away as to not go though the red light then they avoid. There also a revenue maker for the government.
You messed up that roundabout though at 0:57, but for first timer driving on the opposite side. It's excused. haha.
Yeah, I do realize that 😂
Oops! lane discipline at the first roundabout was all over the place! Lucky no one was coming..{like me on my first driving lessons :) }
At least that roundabout was a simple one. The main one's I get confused on are double-roundabouts, at least until I'm familiar with the area.
@@zombiedude347 Lanes do just follow ''rules'' but busy multi lane roundabouts..I agree..ones you know are much 'easier'...but there are other drivers who are all over the place.. 😳
Please come to Malaysia..Happy driving on the right too😄
First time driving in the US, all they had was an automatic. Driving on the other side of the road was fine after a couple of minutes. I just felt so out of control in the automatic. That took a couple of days to adjust.
nice video.
Its good to see an American driving in the UK which is not fun I'm sure. I have done it the other way because as a Brit I have driven in the USA whilst visiting. I love driving in the USA. Its so different to driving in the UK (which is fun once you get out of the large cities and onto the rural roads).
You should have mirrored the video horizontally so we can see the differences with normal movement.
The original side of the road to use was the left side going back to horse and cart , for some reason the us and other countries changed to the other side
I live in the UK, but visit both the US and Europe regularly and drive whilst there. I find it more natural to drive on the right and adapt within an hour or so of getting behind the wheel. Major road systems in all countries make it easy to drive on the correct side provide that you are not a muppet! Minor roads are where the problem is and where you need to pay attention especially first thing in the morning!!
Yep, the morning is a problem!
They are planning to switch to driving on the right in the UK in a couple of years. It will be done gradually over a weekend. On Saturday trucks, buses, vans, motorbikes and other vehicles will switch to to the right, then on Sunday cars will make the switch. It will an improvement IMO as I always find it difficult to drive on the left when I make occasional trips "over the pond".
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Proof?
And even if they switch to driving on the right side it won't change the small roads....
The only time that I drove in the States back in 1979, I almost crashed the car when pulling out of the driving lot!! We needed to turn right, out of habit I watched for traffic coming from the right and thought nothing coming I'll pull out, luckily a car drove across me just before I started to pull out and I realised that I didn't need to cross over a line of traffic. Phew...
There is a percentige rate put on the speed cameras,so if you are on a 30mph road the speed cameras are not precise so add 3 mph on the speed and add 5% on top so if you go over 38mph you will have your collar felt by a car with a little blue light flashing on top. I found out the hard way.
Similar when i visited America from Australia the first time . Took a little while to get use it but after a few hours it was ok
About those speed cameras on the Motorway - they are there but they're only very rarely turned on. The only ones you really need to look out for are the big yellow boxes, usually on A-Roads
Thanks for the info.
#Driving in the #UK for the first time - See what I did to make the transition easier. #travel
Being British myself and regularly going to the US, I understand your problems, but from the other side of course.
Exactly the same way I felt,when driving in the United States,(I'm from Australia)
Did it feel weird to drive on the right for the first time?
That made me so anxious...theres no way I could do that without crashing.
Must not be very good at driving then
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We have the same problem driving on the wrong side of the road! 'get used to it though with caution!
If you think the transition from LHD to RHD is difficult, you should try driving a RHD vehicle in Europe. Or constant swopping L/RHD cars and countries.
I spent 4 years in Denmark driving a LHD on the R side of the roads, then once a month park the car at the airport fly to Heathrow. Jump in a RHD car and drive on the left. Just to make it more difficult both cars were manual (stick shift) As you say keep distractions to a minimum, and pay special attention when starting your day in a town or on country style roads, it's so easy to pull out on the wrong side.
Had a co worker in Denmark who had booked a camper van (RV) in Scotland for the whisky tour. He asked for tips on driving on the opposite side of the road. So I ran through all that. He then asked about gear and foot controls. So just to wind he up I said the accelerator was on the left, foot brake centre and clutch on the right. This got him worried so much so I caught him practising at lunch time, trying to get his foot and hand coordination right, well this went on for a week before he left. On his return he called me lots of terrible names.!!!!!
I thought I'd struggle driving in the States but took to it well when I was there. TBH it felt weird driving in England when I got back home. I'm converted to automatics now
+radiodarkhorse Traitor
You were very brave! I had my cousin to drive me around the UK. Also, didn't you have two mirrors one on the left and one on the right.
Did you find you got used to driving on the left and had to re-adjust when you got home? I'm in UK but drove for months in Europe once (on the right) and found it more difficult to revert to the left on returning than I had done getting used to driving on the right (right seemed more natural after a while)
Malc C No, for me I never got completely used to driving on the opposite side. I was recently in the UK for 3 weeks, but haven’t driven much since being back.
Thanks for sharing, really crazy to think about. I'm considering driving there in a couple of months and not sure if I'm up to it!
same here... I am can drive easily for 10 or more hours and I would love to visit london and make a little trip to scotland by car
but I am not really sure if I can handle the left side driving :-|
ive always wondered what shifting with your left hand would be like
Watching this because I’m an American about to buy a car in New Zealand for the first time and I’m terrified. I’ve only driven here once before and it was so disorienting and yeah, unsettling is a good word for the feeling 😬
I definitely noticed how strange it felt that pretty much everything inside the car was reversed and what’s even weirder is that here the windshield wipers and indicator are also reversed, which apparently isn’t true of cars in the UK (compared to cars in the US).
i drove on the right and left of the road and car way too often, i dont feel strange about it anymore, i dont even think about it, it just come natural.
Once you drive for a few hours it's easy. Sat nav is a good idea.
Okay, let’s get things straight. The roundabouts and manual car driving uphill is the only hard thing driving in the UK. + all the rules. Generally I love driving on the left hand side :) since I look to the right anyways
Well it's a matter of habit, I live in the UK so it feels so right for the cars to be on the left and it feels so wrong when I go abroad, even though my left eye is dominant, so I'm naturally more inclined to look to the left, where oncoming cars/cars on the near side of the road when crossing are coming from
@@grassytramtracks I feel so weird travelling abroad as I'm so used to right hand drives. It will be difficult for me to adjust to LHD suddenly... But Imagine LHD in UK. I don't know how they manage!
I’m planning a trip to the UK and am thinking of renting a car, so I can visit all the cities - London, Manchester, Leeds, Southampton, etc. I think for me being on the right side of the car is going to throw me off.