Joe Curry wrote
> Let me see, It seems like sometime in the '60's maybe the 70's when
> Japan broke down and converted to driving on the right side of the
> street. THat's "right" as opposed to "left", not "right" as opposed to
> "wrong". Although som might argue the latter. Anyway it caused traffic
> tie-ups and accidents for a great long time before the people got used
> to the change.
>
> Anybody who has ever driven in England after having learned to drive in
> the US, can appreciate how awkward it is to get used to. And the
> inverse is also true. Since practicaly all the rest of the world is
> driving on the right now, it would be up to the Brits to initiate the
> change.
>
> For a country that still has a monarchy, that's a large change to make.
>
> Joe Curry '63 Spit (right-hand drive, but woefully still no doors)
>
> Joe, its not just England who would have to change it does affect us here
in the good old republic of Ireland (not a monarch in site, only an ageing
eurovision contestant).Malta, Australia, and maybe I'm wrong but I thought
they still drive on the on the left in Japan.
By the way my first experience of driving on the opposite side of the road
was taking a
VW golf around the GRA in Rome and on through the city, with that
experience under my belt
I am going for the Paris-Dakar in my 2000 next
Cheers
Pete Gillis
63 TR4
69 2000 Mk1(just restored in TR18 (gunmetal) and looking like the dog's
*%££%"
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