[LargeFormat] RE: Left side of the road country.

[Jim Hemenway]

For me it's those rotaries, (roundabouts).  I'm used to the counter 
clockwise circling here in New England but encountering the first one in 
the UK was scary and very confusing.

Jim - http://www.hemenway.com


Alan Davenport wrote:
> 
>> Anyone have thoughts on this --- is this do-able -- cost??  My desire for
>> this is not to avoid having to drive on the wrong side of the road (I 
>> often
>> do that here :( - but, it was to have the advantage of a local guide 
>> and (if
>> I'm fortunate) perhaps an extra back to help pack some camera equipment
>> in --- A necessity if I take both the 4x5 and 8x10 for sure.
> 
> 
> It isn't as big a problem as you imagine.  Remember that the steering wheel
> is also on the other side of the car, so it takes very little time to get
> accustomed to the arrangement.  Foot pedals are the same as you're used to.
> Of greater concern may be what to do if you meet a lorry (truck!) on one of
> those little lanes with a stone wall on either side. You may be taking 
> "your
> half" out of your side of the road, but when the lorry's half amounts to 
> more
> like 2/3 of the road... scary stuff no matter which side you're on.
>