I got my TC a few months ago and found no problem adjusting to the
"sight picture". Shifting is a constant thinking process, however.
The biggest problem is 9 out of 10 times I walk up to the wrong side
to get in!
----- Original Message -----
From Robert Duquette <RobertDuquette at Sympatico.ca>
To: Spridgeteers <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: driving on wrong side (minor LBC + guns)
> ----Original Message-----
> From: rob thomas <rob@thomasr.greatxscape.net>
> To: spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: November 15, 2000 2:44 PM
> Subject: driving on wrong side (minor LBC + guns)
>
>
> >Why does the US/Can/Europe etc drive on the wrong side?
>
> We drive on the 'right' side ... :)
>
> >Has any non-Brit tried a RHD car with favourable results?
>
> I find it pleasurable, although my first drive was frustrating when
I got
> confused as I got cut off by a taxi. I think that I tried to put my
hand
> through the door to downshift.
>
>
> Unlike Frank, I have never had to figure out how to pass someone.
>
>
> What I find difficult, is trying to turn left at an intersection in
busy
> traffic, because I can't see the oncoming traffic when someone
coming from
> the opposite direction is also waiting to turn left.
>
> Drive throughs have not posed a problem as I have long arms and
never have
> the top on ( the car ). ( It would be nice to have the bottom on
the car
> again. )
>
> Pulling out of a parking spot at the side of the street isn't a huge
> obstacle as the car is so small that a combination of leaning over
and using
> the mirror works.
>
> And I have shared a similar experience with the others here in that
my then
> 6 year old daughter used to pretend to be driving on her way to
school.
>
> > Ever tried eating with
> >the knife and fork in the wrong hands?
>
>
> You mean someone else has them? :)
>
> Robert Duquette
> Ottawa ON Canada
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette
> RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca
> '65 RHD BRG Sprite
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