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Re: RHD

To: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>,
Subject: Re: RHD
From: "Donald Queen" <donqueen@Inreach.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 16:39:53 -0800
Remember, two wrongs don't make a right - but three rights make a left.
Very Anonymous

----- Original Message -----
From: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
To: "Vintage" <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: RHD


> ----- Original Message From Carl Braun
>
> > Yes, driving a RHD in the left hand lane (as intended) is tough because
> > everything that is engrained in our thought pattern needs to be
reversed.
> > Cars approach intersections from the wrong direction in the wrong lane.
> At
> > a stop sign you need to first look right for traffic, then left, then
> right
> > again ... instead of the opposite in LHD countries.  Pedestrians
stepping
> > off the curb to the left  of the car are in front of you right away.
Yes,
> > there is a lot of stuff to be aware of that is different than we are
used
> > to.
>
> I have been known to make "right hand turns" by turning left 3 times in
the
> UK!
> <-:
> Tony

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