Right hand drive vs Left hand drive

Acclamator · Post by **Acclamator** » 2002-08-19 04:17pm

Also describable as "Britain, Ireland, Japan, Australia and New Zealand vs everybody else".

(BTW, I'm referring to the layout of the car itself, not to the side of the road driven on. So RHD means a car with the driver's seat on the right side, and LHD is a car with the driver's seat on the left side.)

RayCav of ASVS · Post by **RayCav of ASVS** » 2002-08-19 04:42pm

www.audiusa.com

in there they have a thing where they talk about how supposedly the system the US uses (I always get right and left confused, I'm dumb ok?

) offers superior vision

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2002-08-19 05:01pm

I would simply say that as long as the driver is on the "inside" side, he is in the superior position.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2002-08-19 05:33pm

I'm torn on this. On the one hand, I'm an American, which means I prefer the left hand side of the car. On the other hand (bad pun intended), I'm a lefty and I haven't driven a car with an automatic transmission on a regular basis since high school, and I imagine a gearshift would be easier to work with my left hand.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-08-19 09:29pm

Even though I don't drive, I voted for Right-hand Drive, 'cause it's more stylish and sophisticated.

USA be damned, RHD rocks.

Jack Lain · Post by **Jack Lain** » 2002-08-19 09:52pm

Damn. I thought you were talking about masturbation. ;)

ah, err... left hand drive in a right hand world.

Erinyes · Post by **Erinyes** » 2002-08-20 02:06am

RedImperator wrote:I'm torn on this. On the one hand, I'm an American, which means I prefer the left hand side of the car. On the other hand (bad pun intended), I'm a lefty and I haven't driven a car with an automatic transmission on a regular basis since high school, and I imagine a gearshift would be easier to work with my left hand.

I'm left handed, too, but I really don't find any difficulty at all in operating the shifter with my right hand. It's not like it's an overly complicated motion. Down, up and to the right, down, up and to the right. I'm used to left hand drive, and I like it.

That said, I wouldn't mind trying out right hand drive if it were, oh, a deep maroon R33 on a closed track

Erinyes · Post by **Erinyes** » 2002-08-20 02:07am

RedImperator wrote:I'm torn on this. On the one hand, I'm an American, which means I prefer the left hand side of the car. On the other hand (bad pun intended), I'm a lefty and I haven't driven a car with an automatic transmission on a regular basis since high school, and I imagine a gearshift would be easier to work with my left hand.

I'm left handed, too, but I really don't find any difficulty at all in operating the shifter with my right hand. It's not like it's an overly complicated motion. Down, up and to the right, down, up and to the right. I'm used to left hand drive, and I like it.

That said, I wouldn't mind trying out right hand drive if it were, oh, a deep maroon R33 on a closed track

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2002-08-20 02:36am

Right Hand Drive. I live in Australia.

Also when I was in Greece, trying to change gears with my right hand was just difficult. I am right handed and I prefer to have my strongest hand on the wheel when I am changing gears...

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2002-08-20 02:58am

Hmmm, lately I've been thinking it's a good idea to have a manual transmission because fewer people seem to be able to drive them these days . Which means it's less likely for my automobile to be borrowed or stolen. Now I am thinking it would be even better if I had right hand drive vehicle.

Ahh, maybe I should just get a motorcycle.

Lusankya · Post by **Lusankya** » 2002-08-20 09:34am

That's what I think too, Crown.

I was watching some kind of American drama on tv a while back (forget what it was - one of the hospital ones). A guy was teaching his daughter how to drive, and changing gears with the right hand just looked so weird and unco that I decided that I was glad that I lived in a country with right hand drive.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2002-08-20 10:31am

Lusankya wrote:That's what I think too, Crown.

I was watching some kind of American drama on tv a while back (forget what it was - one of the hospital ones). A guy was teaching his daughter how to drive, and changing gears with the right hand just looked so weird and unco that I decided that I was glad that I lived in a country with right hand drive.

At least the peddles are in the same place.

To a lesser extent the gears are in the same place too.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » 2002-08-20 11:14am

Tsyroc wrote: At least the peddles are in the same place.

To a lesser extent the gears are in the same place too.

Are they?
Left foot clutch (left-most) & brake(centre), right foot accelerator (right-most)? (Hmm, I've watched enough American movies - I guess this is so)

Normal gear pattern (some vehicles - not normal cars - differ):
1 3 5
2 4 R

Oh - and as a right-hander, I definitely prefer right-hand drive. If I'm going to have only one hand on the wheel, I want it to be my strongest one.

And whoever pointed out that RHD goes with driving on the left, and LHD goes with driving on the right was spot on. . .

Smiling Bandit · Post by **Smiling Bandit** » 2002-08-20 11:25am

Wait - when you say Right Hand Drive, do you mean the side of the Car you sit on or the side of the Road you Drive on?

I clicked on Right, but I'm Americano forever!

(Rah me!)

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