Thread: Which side of the road to drive on?

Firstly, let me reassure loanrangie (and others) that my previous post was meant as a joke.

Secondly, I don't mind that we drive on the left, but PLEASE can we get a standard about which side of the steering wheel has the indicators and which side has the wipers.

After all, we got the pedals sorted. Let's get the column controls consistant too.

Originally Posted by Fred Nerk

Firstly, let me reassure loanrangie (and others) that my previous post was meant as a joke.

Secondly, I don't mind that we drive on the left, but PLEASE can we get a standard about which side of the steering wheel has the indicators and which side has the wipers.

After all, we got the pedals sorted. Let's get the column controls consistant too.

I think the ISO (European Standards) mob have sorted that. Indicator stalk on the left irrespective of the side of the steering wheel.

Originally Posted by B92 8NW

Hmmm, this map shows India driving on the left, but in my experience they seem to drive on BOTH sides of the road.

In any case I agree with Lotz-A-Landies, as long as we are driving on the same side as Japan & India (theoretically - see previous post) then that covers a huge percentage of the world's car manufacturers. And who wants to drive rubbish American cars anyway?

Originally Posted by solmanic

Hmmm, this map shows India driving on the left, but in my experience they seem to drive on BOTH sides of the road.

I recall my time over there. 70km/h on their 'highway', against the flow of traffic in a Toyota Qualis...
The driver was on the horn the entire way as tuk tuk's, cyclists, and livestock fled for their lives.
Let's you know you're alive

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

In Northern Italy the trucks that go up into the mountains are frequently RHD, this is because when they have to pass other trucks on the narrow mountain tracks they want to be able to make sure they don't drop a wheel (and the truck with them in it) off the edge of a cliff, many of them hundreds of metres high.

A coal mining company that I worked for had a narrow private mine access road into the Burragorang Valley where the traffic swapped sides to keep loaded trucks climbing against the clifts with the lighter empties descending on the outer edge to help the longevity of the roadway. Having a good view of the edge probably helped with the driver's longevity too.

Land Rover had both scenarios covered almost seventy years ago.

I suspect our regulatory gremlins already have this in hand... Just have a close read of the ADRs relating to 'Lighting', and Headlamps. - They come from the United Nations, not home-grown...
Somewhere amongst my print-outs, I've got the headlamp beam-patterns from the ADRs, and there is a LH AND a RH set...