crookesey Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I've driven the M1 just once with not much problem, all you do is follow everyone else, it;s when you get off the problems start, you tend to look the wrong way, even crossing the road on foot i found hard in the England you just don't expect a car to come around the opposte direction, also they follow very close, i thought I had someone in my back seat all the time , and forget those ring roads life in hands rings a bell. Flyer is 50/50 about it, so uses the middle of the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie_shef Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 no way - our hospitals are overrun already, when we gave hong kong back to china in 96 they tried to change back to the right and there was lots of deaths/accidents in the first week, it would be even worse here, especially with w***n drivers ! This never actually happened!! We never tried changing to the right, and the handover was in 97! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glamrocker Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Everyones on about the cost cocerning changing all the road signs etc...what about the millions of right hand drive cars ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Everyones on about the cost cocerning changing all the road signs etc...what about the millions of right hand drive cars ? It is possible to drive while sitting on the "wrong" side, but you're quite right; not many people would want to, so a huge number of new cars would need to be bought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesey Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 As most of our vehicles originate from countries that drive on the right side, wouldn't the price come down if they were LHD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcoblog Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 It is possible to drive while sitting on the "wrong" side, but you're quite right; not many people would want to, so a huge number of new cars would need to be bought. Most cars are built for right hand drive. It costs more for a LHD car (expensive re-tooling) as not many countries have them. However, this is a minor concern to changing which side of the road we drive on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirleyF Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 I am already taxed for driving on the road. Are you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesey Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 I am already taxed for driving on the road. Are you. Please explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcoblog Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Please explain. Thank God for that! I thought I was the only person who didn't understand the post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danot Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Could/Should Britain change to driving on the right hand side of the road? Should we fall into line with the 2/3 of the world that drives on the right, or are we right and them wrong? Even if we wanted to change, could we afford to swap over? Do what I do, drive down the middle. That way you're not offendeding anyone are ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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