The hardest part of the RHD &RH Streets is getting on the expressways. I
don't know how many times I found myself going clockwise around London
instead of counter clockwise on the loop.
On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 13:56:25 -0600 "Carl Braun" <clbraun@mwci.net>
writes:
> Yes, driving a RHD in the left hand lane (as intended) is tough
> because
> everything that is engrained in our thought pattern needs to be
> reversed.
> Cars approach intersections from the wrong direction in the wrong
> lane. At
> a stop sign you need to first look right for traffic, then left,
> then right
> again ... instead of the opposite in LHD countries. Pedestrians
> stepping
> off the curb to the left of the car are in front of you right away.
> Yes,
> there is a lot of stuff to be aware of that is different than we are
> used
> to.
>
> From there it gets easier. Driving a RHD car in a LHD country is
> easy, so
> is racing a RHD race car.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Donald Queen <donqueen@Inreach.com>
> To: Paul Meis <pmeis@wfubmc.edu>; Vintage
> <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 11:26 AM
> Subject: Re: RHD
>
>
> > I have tried unsuccessfully for years to drive a RHD car.
> >
> > Suffice to say that my picture is posted on the wall of every
> Hertz office
> > in Great Britain.
> > Don Queen
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Paul Meis" <pmeis@wfubmc.edu>
> > To: "Vintage" <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 7:28 AM
> > Subject: RHD
> >
> >
> > > One of the oddities about RHD to me is the fact that despite
> roads being
> > > governed by traffic on the right, many expensive European sports
> cars of
> > the
> > > twenties and thirties had RHD. I believe this included
> Hispano-Suiza,
> and
> > > Alfa. The reasons for this choice are not clear to me. Was this
> a way of
> > > pretending that these grand tourers were meant for competition?
> Perhaps
> > the
> > > Alfisti on the list can enlighten us.
> > > Paul Meis, Team Escargot
> > > 69 NTM sports racer, RHD
> > > Honda S2000, LHD
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