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To: "Au H. Nguyen" <aunguyen@cisco.com>,
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From: Greg Umbay <greg_umbay@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 13:27:21 -0800 (PST)
I hear you guys.  When I drive in Japan, I hit the
wipers when I want to turn on the turn signals. 
Whenever I shift I hit the door with the back of my
hand.  In Japan the road signs are few.  GPS in most
cars.  Just not my rental.
Greg

--- "Au H. Nguyen" <aunguyen@cisco.com> wrote:
> Hey Don, when I have to drive on the wrong side
> of the road,  my brain usually snaps out of it the
> first time I push the clutch down and try to put
> the door handle into first gear.
> 
> Anyway you don't have it so bad.  My brother-in-law
> once came home from a long trip and destroyed
> first gear in his car 'cause he forgot to clutch.
> 
>   Au
> 
> 
> At 12:22 PM 1/20/00 -0800, Donald R McKenna mused
> about RHD:
> >Eamon,
> >
> >Thanks for the memory refresher. Don't those folks
> know they're driving from
> >the "wrong" side of the car, or is it the right
> side?
> >
> >Anyway, reminds me of the "brain re-training"
> required to drive on the
> >right. Boy, was it hard to stay away from curbs,
> out of the gutter and off
> >the shoulder. When I got home, had to do it in
> reverse, couldn't park my
> >cars without hitting the curbs. And those right
> turn apex cones just jumped
> >right out and hit me for a couple of events. And I
> only had two weeks of
> >that RHD/left-side-of-road "terror"!
> >
> >        Don
> >
> >PS, Only once "kissed" another mirror with my left
> side mirror,  while
> >driving down a narrow car-lined street one day.
> 
> 

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