American drivers drive on right, could you drive on left side of road in another country??

I don't want to try that because a mistake in that area could be an accident, $$$, which I can't afford.
 

hollydolly said:
Those places are in the Midlands...Middle England :)
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Thanks for the correct terminology. Funny but here in California, everything near San Francisco is considered Northern California even though the distance from SF to Crescent City at the top of the state is 293 miles by air while Los Angeles is 337 miles by air to the south of us. We are properly in our 'Midlands'.
 
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It just has never been on my bucket list. Had enough of just driving in the waste lands of the USA. Canada and Mex.
 
JeeperDon said:
Does the side of the road become a mindset? In America, when on foot and walking toward someone, the first reaction is to pass them like you drive, with them on your left. I've often wondered... do walkers in left side driving countries do the same and tend to pass with oncoming person on your right?
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I do. Or at least right up until the point where it becomes obvious that the person approaching me in the street doesn't want to reciprocate.
 
I've driven on both sides, and there's really nothing to it. The biggest trouble is getting into the car, because the drivers seat is on the other side and you end up getting into the passenger side. :D

Oh, and tolls. I had a German car for a while, and paying tolls while in the UK was ridiculous.
 
hollydolly said:
this is one you might have a problem with , which is quite near where I live...

There are 6 roundabouts surrounding a giant roundabout, with all the smaller roundabouts having the traffic going in different directions... :ROFLMAO: I can negotiate it easily, but I know many friends who won't go anywhere near it...

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Very confusing , thanks for pictures, we have traffic circles where we live not nearly that large , when we got one here it was not Good, folks had a few fender benders to say the least.
 
In 1960 we went to Bermuda. We could rent mopeds but not cars. The taxis were British convertibles fitted with surrey tops.

In 1956 I owned a RHD Riley 2.5. Shifting gears with my left hand never seemed "natural". Drove it around in New York, no problem.

In the U.S. Virgin Islands they drive LHD cars on the left side of the road. Most were shipped down as used cars from Miami.
 
I live in Australia Iā€™d never seen a roundabout before moving to South Aust , in 1971 no such thing where I lived in New South Wales, I never learned to drive before I moved ( no point I didnā€™t have the means to buy a car )

We drive in the left and enter / travel around a roundabout clockwise

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Had a right hand drive Triumph Spitfire in the early 70s here in the states. Driving on the right side of the road made passing a little iffy, but it was so underpowered it was rarely an issue.

Drove on the left side in England on several trips around 2000. Did okay, but I did learn the one finger salute means the same thing in the UK as in the States. :)
 
Kadee said:
I live in Australia Iā€™d never seen a roundabout before moving to South Aust , in 1971 no such thing where I lived in New South Wales, I never learned to drive before I moved ( no point I didnā€™t have the means to buy a car )

We drive in the left and enter / travel around a roundabout clockwise

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From my experience and observations, roundabouts tend to increase and maintain the flow of traffic to a better degree compared to a similar junction controlled by traffic lights.

The photo posted earlier of the famous and so-called 'magic roundabout' in Hemel Hempstead isn't technically a roundabout in itself. The traffic on a roundabout all moves in one direction. Whereas the traffic on the 'magic roundabout' moves around the outer circle in both directions. The 'magic roundabout' is actually a contraflowing "Ring Junction" with 6 'Mini Roundabouts' on it.

A roundabout relies on people having the knowledge of how it works and how to use it, and in the case of the UK, giving way (yielding) to traffic that is already on the roundabout which is approaching from the right. No doubt the same as Australia?

Here is the Magic Roundabout in all its glory. No traffic light signals here:

 
Magna-Carta said:
From my experience and observations, roundabouts tend to increase and maintain the flow of traffic to a better degree compared to a similar junction controlled by traffic lights.

The photo posted earlier of the famous and so-called 'magic roundabout' in Hemel Hempstead isn't technically a roundabout in itself. The traffic on a roundabout all moves in one direction. Whereas the traffic on the 'magic roundabout' moves around the outer circle in both directions. The 'magic roundabout' is actually a contraflowing "Ring Junction" with 6 'Mini Roundabouts' on it.

A roundabout relies on people having the knowledge of how it works and how to use it, and in the case of the UK, giving way (yielding) to traffic that is already on the roundabout which is approaching from the right. No doubt the same as Australia?

Here is the Magic Roundabout in all its glory. No traffic light signals here:

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I've heard the same and suspect it is true though with a much more limited experience of them here. We have some around here but not many.
 
Magna-Carta said:
From my experience and observations, roundabouts tend to increase and maintain the flow of traffic to a better degree compared to a similar junction controlled by traffic lights.

The photo posted earlier of the famous and so-called 'magic roundabout' in Hemel Hempstead isn't technically a roundabout in itself. The traffic on a roundabout all moves in one direction. Whereas the traffic on the 'magic roundabout' moves around the outer circle in both directions. The 'magic roundabout' is actually a contraflowing "Ring Junction" with 6 'Mini Roundabouts' on it.

A roundabout relies on people having the knowledge of how it works and how to use it, and in the case of the UK, giving way (yielding) to traffic that is already on the roundabout which is approaching from the right. No doubt the same as Australia?

Here is the Magic Roundabout in all its glory. No traffic light signals here:

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thanks
There is traffic flowing both ways on there ? @Magna-Carta never seen any like that in Australia and Iā€™ve traveled to and visited every major city in Australia except for Hobart in Tasmania ( been to Tasmania but skipped Hobart )
We drove right through the heart of Sydney in May this year which is the second largest city in Aust
 
I have driven on both sides of the road, in many different
countries and I have also driven many vehicles with the
wheel on different sides of the vehicle, the hardest thing,
initially at each change of vehicle, was changing bear with
the wrong hand, after a few minutes, I was OK, trucks in
those times, were all manual change.

Then there are the signs, in Holland in some cases, you have
to give way to somebody who wants to join your road from
a side road, in France, if you are on a roundabout, you have
to stop to let somebody join in front of you, all very confusing.

Mike.
 

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