Riding on the wrong side of the road

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trimmantom

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This video comes from Queensland, Australia I believe. A little long winded but has some good tunes.
Try and wrap your head around being on the wrong side of the road.
I was following on the right side of the road dodging the cars with the drunk drivers.
 
I ride on that side of the road all the time, so do people in Japan, India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and lots of other places that I can't recall. I'm happy with it!

 
We have folks over here too that drive on the wrong side as well
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I didn't mean to offend anybody on the other side of the pond.
It would just take some getting used to for me to ride on that side of the road. I'd forget and get myself killed if I was in one of your countries riding. My apologies.

 
I was stationed in Japan for 4 years and drove a car. It didn't take too much time to get used to it. I actually enjoyed it. The minute we got back my ex father in law gave me the car keys for me to drive. We all almost died from a head on collision on my first right turn leaving the airport. Oh! And did I mention that my ex father in law was an *******? :yes:

 
I was stationed in Japan for 4 years and drove a car. It didn't take too much time to get used to it. I actually enjoyed it. The minute we got back my ex father in law gave me the car keys for me to drive. We all almost died from a head on collision on my first right turn leaving the airport. Oh! And did I mention that my ex father in law was an *******?
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And I'll bet with no pun intended that scared the **** outta the *******!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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I didn't mean to offend anybody on the other side of the pond.It would just take some getting used to for me to ride on that side of the road. I'd forget and get myself killed if I was in one of your countries riding. My apologies.
No apologies necessary at all. I'd have the same experience in your country. I know I'd learn, but it'd sure be weird for a while. And if I happened to start out by myself I may very likely start on the wrong side.

 
I ride on that side of the road all the time, so do people in Japan, India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and lots of other places that I can't recall. I'm happy with it!
Well, not "lots" of other places. Left hand side is in the minority.https://www.worldstandards.eu/cars/list-of-left-driving-countries/
Touché, Rob. :2handed_rune: Here's one for you. I've driven an American car with the steering wheel on the left side in a country that drives on the left. There's a good reason for the driver to be on the side where the lane lines are. Trust me on that one. I've had many, many soiled shorts to prove that. JSNS... :yes:
 
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FWIW, seriously, having spent 40-odd years driving on the left, it wasn't too bad driving on the right (with one or two exceptions).

My first experience was driving in the USA. It was a hire car (which amplified al the stereotypes we hold on American cars, too big, slushy gearbox that didn't know what gear to be in, suspension too soft and undamped - we called it "the boat" because it felt like sailing over rough water). It was (obviously) an automatic, and I'd driven automatics in the UK a few times. So, I sat on the left of the car, left foot firmly on the floor, then I'd enough mental input to know which side to be on. The one "difficulty" was turning left at a large intersection, you know, four wide lanes in each direction. I wasn't used to any road system that big, it was very hard to drive the half-mile or so necessary to get to the right of the centre line of the road I was turning in to.

I've taken my (whichever current) FJR on to the Continent where they also drive on the right (except in Italy where they drive wherever they like). My first time, I was following an experienced Continental motorcyclist, he led me round the first roundabout ("traffic circle" to you Yanks). From then on, it was seemed quite natural to ride on the right. There were a couple of occasions where I forgot, one was exiting a petrol station that was on the "wrong" side of the road, the other was having reached our hotel on the "wrong" side, having to turn round to get back to its car park.

If I can manage it, anyone can.

 
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I, like Vic, was stationed in Japan, but only a year and a half. Bought a Celica, and rode it all over Okinawa. Within a week, I was riding like lived there for years, of course I was 19 at the time, so I had only been driving for only 5 years (not as ingrained). Once I got back to the states, making left turns was difficult for about a month, as I constantly turned into the left lane.

Really though, you'd be surprised how quickly you'll adapt to switching sides.

Mac, us Yanks call them round-a-bouts, at least here in Flatistan. Personally, I love them!

 
... Mac, us Yanks call them round-a-bouts, at least here in Flatistan. Personally, I love them!
Ok, good.

Whenever I've been to the 'States, the word "roundabout" seemed as foreign as the word "lift" for your elevator. Couple of times I got "Oh, ya'll mean a traffic circle?". That's in Florida (mostly Orlando), Seattle (though I didn't drive there, so it may not have come up), and Michigan. Rarely on public roads, usually within company grounds.

So I tend to translate it that way. :) .

 
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I'd call it a roundabout. If it's good enough for Mr Trophy, who am I to argue?
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Sorry, not been riding properly for a while due to looking after Mrs Trophy and her new knee, so probably even more bitchy than usual.

 
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Ahem ...
I'd call it a roundabout. If it's good enough for Mr Trophy, who am I to argue?
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It must be a British thing huh, Mc? I had my they're, there and their down back when I was a kid but, sometimes my grammar is off a bit. It's not my fault! I'm from The Bronx. We don't care!! :D
 
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