How long does it take to begin feeling comfortable?adventurous driving on the other side of the road.
How long does it take to begin feeling comfortable?adventurous driving on the other side of the road.
on the highway , not long...city driving , never...How long does it take to begin feeling comfortable?
That's the way it is in most of the world. I believe North America is an anomaly in that regard.the urban areas are loaded with traffic circles
Depends upon the city. Clean grids are OK. Sydney was more challenging. London must be the worst. I did not mind the traffic circles. Parking lots can be problematic.on the highway , not long...city driving , never...
Yes. Amusingly, on the way home from LAX in my own car today I once turned on the windshield wiper instead of the turn signal. My first car, 1971 BMW Bavaria, had the turn signal lever on the right.biggest problem for me was, the damn windshield wiper stalk is reversed with the turn signal stalk...
Lonnie lives about 5 miles from LAX. We leave Liz' mother's 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe there and take a $25 Lyft from there instead of $80+ from home.You parked your car at the airport for five weeks?
And I was in my 2010's decade Lange RX100's. We donated both to Afriski at the end of the day. This freed up room for 4 bottles of South African wine in our checked luggage.Liz was in her 2014 Aspen/Jim Lindsey boots
New Zealand 1982, 1997, 2010, 2012, 2019. I was with NASJA in 2006 and didn't need a car.Driving left:
I drove up to the Blue Mountains upon arrival in Sydney. The drive back to our hotel at Manly Beach was tough. I was sticking my head out the open window to stay awake.I don’t recommend driving 750km solo towards Hotham from Sydney on your first day
Rome is "right side" for me but was still nuts. But ski country in Italy is like other places. I like the Italian autostrada for higher speed flow of traffic than the other alpine countries.But Milan and Turin with their crazy drivers would be the toughest ‘wrong side of the road’ driving for me.
You have an interesting sense of "fun." We've rented cars on Tortola, Nevis, Barbados, and Grenada. Somehow, I think we've only ended up with a left-hand drive car on Nevis. Ten days in Grenada was the most challenging driving I've ever had to endure. Scarier the Kenya, although that might be because I was 54, not 20, and I had my wife and daughter in the car.The Caribbean Islands are fun! Driving is primarily left-side, but in mostly American cars, the driver's wheel is on the wrong side!
I primarily mess up windshield wipers and turn signals.
You have an interesting sense of "fun." We've rented cars on Tortola, Nevis, Barbados, and Grenada. Somehow, I think we've only ended up with a left-hand drive car on Nevis. Ten days in Grenada was the most challenging driving I've ever had to endure.
We had two car rentals during last month's trip to UK: 6 days in Scotland in a Nissan Juke with a 6-speed and 4 days in N England where we paid for a Skoda with an automatic and received a BMW 218iM hybrid auto. I was fortunate the Juke is somewhat of an SUV with big tires as roads on Isle of Skye are narrow without shoulders. I dropped wheels off into soft grass at speed when moving to side to allow oncoming traffic room to pass. I knew better than to jerk it back onto road possibly into oncoming traffic that I let pass while slowing down a little before getting back on.
There are also many one lanes roads with very short passing areas that I don't think would work well in my part of California. The only times I got on the wrong side was when pulling out onto an empty road a couple of times and oncoming vehicle made me quickly realize I was on the wrong side and correct
The number of traffic circles in rural and suburban areas in the east and midwest has been increasing tremendously in the last decade. Bottom line is that in comparison to 4-way stop signs or a major-minor road intersection with stop signs only for the minor road, a single lane traffic circle is less likely to have a severe or fatal accident.That's the way it is in most of the world. I believe North America is an anomaly in that regard.
Never got comfortable on UK traffic circles. Only rented a car once for a trip to the UK with my husband and friends staying about two hours north of London.How long does it take to begin feeling comfortable?
Colorado LOVES traffic circles... and also the new Diverging Diamond interstate intersections.I can think of a dozen intersections within 30 miles of my house in central NC that have traffic circles
Seriously? I've driven pretty extensively throughout the Front Range and have no recollection of even one.Colorado LOVES traffic circles
Wow! They are all over the place on the N side of of the metro. Plus many, many of them in most mtn towns too (not all, but most big resort towns). But not near resorts you'd go to, I guess. For fun look up the absolute maze of them in Avon near I70 and heading to Beaver Creek... In that town they are trying very hard to give the Euro's a "run for their money" on the concept. Often 4-5 of them per exit along I70 along the Vail- Gypsum stretch of I70 for example.I've driven pretty extensively throughout the Front Range and have no recollection of even one.
You mean north of I-70? If yes, that explains it as I'm never up there. I'm so old that I can remember when Broomfield was nothing more than an RTD stop on the way to Boulder!They are all over the place on the N side of of the metro.