The Right-Hand Drive Car

@Shavkat (140463)
Philippines
October 24, 2024 2:02am CST
Right-hand drive cars shocked me when I initially arrived in Hong Kong. It makes me feel this way at the time because I'm accustomed to seeing things the opposite way around in my nation. I pondered whether switching from right-hand drive to left-hand drive, and vice versa, is difficult. What do you think of it? Image Credit: pbs.twimg.com
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@anya12adwi (10248)
• India
24 Oct
I now have forgotten in which side we are!!
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (140463)
• Philippines
26 Oct
It sounds that you need to have a quick search about it.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (140463)
• Philippines
27 Oct
@anya12adwi That is nice to hear.
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@anya12adwi (10248)
• India
26 Oct
@Shavkat I gues we have also steering wheel on right side as well
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Greenery8
@grenery8 (17934)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
24 Oct
i haven't tried it but i would be confused too. just like in japan and england and other places when they drive on the right side.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (140463)
• Philippines
26 Oct
I am not a professional driver, but it will surely make me find it difficult.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (140463)
• Philippines
26 Oct
@grenery8 But I still believe that humans can adjust with the changes in their environment.
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Greenery8
@grenery8 (17934)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
26 Oct
@Shavkat indeed.these habits are hard to get rid of.
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luisadannointed
@luisadannointed (7695)
• Philippines
25 Oct
I don't know ... because I don't drive. But if I can remember it correctly when you have a right-hand wheels it is because there so many right turns in that country.. sorry for the grammar.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (140463)
• Philippines
26 Oct
Driving is not my forte and I abandoned the idea of renewing my non-pro driver license. You have point. These countries have many right turns as compared to others.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (356587)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Oct
We hired a car in France once and had to drive opposite to what we were used to but it wasn't too difficult.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (140463)
• Philippines
26 Oct
I anticipate a person who does not have sense of direction will be difficult. I think it needs to be alert when driving the car.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (140463)
• Philippines
28 Oct
@JudyEv I totally agree with you.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (356587)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct
@Shavkat Certainly you need to stay alert.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (101410)
• United States
24 Oct
I have never driven in a right hand car or on right hand car roads, and I imagine it would be a bit of a culture shock as well as take a bit of getting used to.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (140463)
• Philippines
26 Oct
Let me share what had happened to one of my colleagues in Hong Kong. She was hit by a bus because she did not look the left side before crossing the street. I assumed that she got confused at that time.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (101410)
• United States
27 Oct
@Shavkat I imagine it would be rather confusing. We're so used to looking for things in a certain way from a left hand driving perspective.
Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (90805)
• Bangalore, India
24 Oct
I have done both. When I first tried it in the US, it was bit awkward for few days. But once behind the wheel, one does not feel much of difference, the traffic sense and direction also changes, so you go with the flow of the traffic.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (140463)
• Philippines
26 Oct
It was a good thing that you were able to hang on with the difference. I, myself may take time to adjust if I were in their shoes.
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (90805)
• Bangalore, India
27 Oct
@Shavkat Yes, it seems a bit odd to start with. But then you get adjusted. It doesn't seem very tough as others too are following the same rule
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (140463)
• Philippines
27 Oct
@arunima25 Indeed. It is human's nature to change if things had changed. Although not all do not want to change. That is the sad part for some.
Always smiling
@allknowing (147952)
• India
25 Oct
I do not drive. Hope you worked it all out to your advantage.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (140463)
• Philippines
26 Oct
I am not good at driving. It has been many years that I drove a car. I was just amazed when I had seen the scenario in Hong Kong before.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (117982)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Oct
It would take some thinking about at first
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (140463)
• Philippines
26 Oct
You said it right. When I had seen it for the first time, I had also think for some time about it.
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Some Witch
@somewitch (1870)
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24 Oct
One of the reasons I haven't learned how to drive yet is that I don't want to be at the left nor at the right. When I walk, I stay in the middle. I just want to sit in the middle. But yes, I can imagine how difficult it would be to switch sides, it'd feel so strange.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (140463)
• Philippines
26 Oct
Indeed. I had learned how to drive before, but never polished it. Although I got confused in Hong Kong when crossing the road before.
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