Visitors to the uk be warned

[George T Logan Jr]

I don't suppose that you would have liked driving in Japan then, not only was my car a manual, it was a four-speed on the column and I got quite good at shifting without the clutch, nice synchros! LOL

Things may have changed some now though, as I left japan 55 years ago!

[cessna152towser]

One of my 'merican friends hired a car here in Scotland and had a crash with it because, as she said, "You Brits are stOOpid, you drive on the wrong side of the road".
Well that is how I have been brought up with, driving on the left of the road (or nowadays "what's left of the road").
I have driven in Portugal (opposite side) and Cyprus (same side as UK) but nowadays I wouldn't attempt driving outside of UK.
My German born wife was accustomed to drive on the 'merican side of the road but after years living in UK and becoming accustomed to the UK system she would no longer attempt driving in mainland Europe. When we spend time on the European mainland we either use public transport or let her daughter drive us around, and we no longer visit Canada or USA, at our age the cost of medical insurance would be prohibitive, thankfully here in Europe we have our European Health Insurance Cards which cover us.

[imrichmond]

PEDESTRIANS NEED TO LOOK RIGHT then, LEFT and, I repeat, RIGHT AGAIN. BEFORE stepping off the pavement(verge).

As a child in England in the 1950s, I had that sequence drilled into me at school until it became automatic. Damn near got me killed when the family emigrated to Canada!

[OC Richard]

Thanks for that video (on the "Diverging Diamond" intersection).

A bit south of me they re-did an I-85 overpass/interchange like that. It is impossible to describe it to someone that hasn't seen it without a visual aid.

Yes not only is it impossible to describe, it was pretty much impossible for me to comprehend what was happening the first time I found myself going through one.

Green lights are telling you to drive directly at other vehicles, like some kind of cruel trick.

[George T Logan Jr]

I'm a yank who when in the US Navy was stationed in Japan. As a young and red blooded American, I just had to have a set of wheels even in Japan and found that I had no problem driving on the left hand side of the road. The steering wheel goes to the centerline of the road, easy, so I thought! For two years, no problem. Then when I was discharged, about four months later and back in the States, I found that I had pulled out of a parking lot into the left lane of a two lane road, and things just didn't look right!!! LOL Fortunately, there was no traffic, and maybe if there had been, I would have noticed. Instead, I laughed at myself, changed lanes and never had another incident.. But, that was 55 years ago, perhaps it would be harder to change habits today, than it was in 1970....

[bdkilted]

I've driven all over Scotland the two times we've been there and in Ireland and never had a problem, except last year when I was on a one lane road in Aberdeen which had been painted blue for a bus stop. There was no bus, so I just drove through it. Imagine my surprise to get a ticket for driving through an unoccupied bus stop on a one lane road. I still can't figure out where they expected me to drive.

[George T Logan Jr]

Maybe Blue stands for Red, or Stop in Scotland? LOL I would have probably gotten a fine too!!