Elkins45
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How are the pedals configured in right-hand drive vehicles? Is it the same as left-hand (right foot gas, left foot clutch) or is it reversed?
Pedal configuration in right-hand drive?
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Same as left hand drive. For a manual transmission right hand drive works very well. Your right hand is on the steering wheel.
One thing I never learned to do is back out onto a road and end up on the correct side. So I just back out into the middle.
I learned how "wrong side" traffic works by sitting behind a bus driver for an hour or so.
One thing I never learned to do is back out onto a road and end up on the correct side. So I just back out into the middle.
I learned how "wrong side" traffic works by sitting behind a bus driver for an hour or so.
About 40 odd years ago I was in England and borrowed a Jag XJS. I got in and and kept stalling out thinking that the pattern on the gear shift was reversed and I was trying to start out in 3rd. Live and learn!!
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When you sit on the 'other' side, remembering to drive on the other side actually tends to feel natural so, at least for me, I didn't have to think about it constantly. The only thing I had to keep on was when pulling out of, or turning, from a street onto another and a) making sure to look in the right directing for traffic and b) making sure I went into the correct lane. When turning left, you're used to swinging wide for the far lane but you have to make a tighter turn into the immediate lane.
And look both ways before crossing the street. If you only look one way, you're bound to get it wrong occasionally. If you look both ways you're bound to get it right.
(Spoken by a guy who was nearly run over in Edinburgh.)
(Spoken by a guy who was nearly run over in Edinburgh.)
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I had always heard that making a left in a turn lane on a flashing yellow light was nerve-wracking, because it's harder to see cars going the opposite direction when they are blocked behind cars lined up in the opposite left turn lane.
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Same layout. As a result their clutch master cylinders are typically right near the center of the firewall, unlike most modern LHD cars where it's buried into some inaccessible area
I have 3 Australian cars (Utes, aka Utility Coupes). As stated previously same pedal configuration as LHD. Shifting is with left hand, you get used to it quick same pattern. Yes one of my cars had original three on the tree with left hand operating it, but still same pattern. Since I am in US, it's a little different driving from the right side in a LHD world. Not hard, just get used to it. Left turns are kind of weird because you are on far outside of the turn. Of course no drive-throughs unless have a passenger. No legality issues, think of how many post office vehicles are RHD. It's just a little different to get used to.
Yeah, me too. My brain can't handle it. After almost being hit by a car crossing the street, I resorted to piggy backing following behind little school kids to cross the street. Lol
That sounds insane!
Only on some vehicles.
Some euro spec vehicles and jeeps have the indicator stalk on the left even though they’re RH drive.
I was wondering about this.... I rented a Toyota Corolla in the UK and I don't recall those being swapped.
I was in Okinawa when Japan switched the Provence driving on the right side to the wrong side. All the Japanese cars we had there were right hand drive anyway, so it wasn't too much of a traumatic experience. As mentioned above, pedals were the same, only the shifter was reversed.
Everybody got it wrong once or twice during the first week but it was expected and the number of accidents was surprisingly low.
Everybody got it wrong once or twice during the first week but it was expected and the number of accidents was surprisingly low.
Don't overthink it. Just imagine everything swaps over to the passenger seat....steering wheel, all the pedals and you have it. Always a manual guy and in the old days would reach for the wind (roll) down window handle instead of the stick shift when changing gears for a new ride in the other continent. Yes, I know this dates me.
Depends on the make. VW keeps the signal on the left stalk, some others reverse them.
No matter what side of the car you sit in to drive,always remember the driver runs close to the center line.Thats the hard part for this old fart.Turn signals pretty easy to figure out when you first get in!
Depends on the country of manufacture, not the manufacturer. Japan always has the indicator on the right, same for Australia and New Zealand. Used to be the same for the UK too, but now as most of their cars are made in Europe, and there is a lot of cross channel travel they have the Euro system of left indicator. However, in NZ we take cars from all over the world, and so you would find a Mitsubishi Pajero sold new in the country would have a right indicator stalk....if made in Japan. If it was made in the Netherlands the stalk would be on the left...confusing when the vehicle was identical. Same with Nissan, the Navara can be made in Thailand...or Spain, and stalks swapped in an identical looking vehicle.