Confusion Driving Abroad

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Does anyone have difficulty trying to drive on the other side of the road when in another country? I live in the uk and when I have tried previously I just can't work it out. Last time was in the US where the cars are automatic. Less to think about but still could not manage. Found it so confusing!

I think it takes some time to get used to it. When you have to suddenly do something while driving, you tend to automatically do it the way you would do in your country, which can be very dangerous. I remember my father's colleague's son got killed in an accident in a foreign country caused by wrong quick action.

Tried it a few times and it never gets any easier!

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I am fine in Europe but hopeless in a US town where I have too many lanes to cross over etc. However, I am scared to drive alone because of the language issues where English is not the language. The first time I drove a UK car in Europe I booked an open return as I was so afraid but found it easier than driving a strange hire car but still rely on another person to 'co-drive'.

Go to Ireland, Malta or Cyprus on your holidays?

It really does take some time. It help if there is a reasonable amount of traffic, as then its follow the leader.

Turns are the worst, as you tend to go to the wrong side of the road. Its a good way to really frighten yourself.
It helps if there is someone beside you, to remind you to stay on the correct side of the road.

It doesn't help if the person beside you is your partner. When it comes to my wife I'm afraid it always ends in tears because I'm always right, or i lways think I am!

When you partner says:" Your going to the wrong side of the road", it's a good idea to listen.

I've never done it, but I imagine it would be really hard for me to adjust to driving in England. I've pretty much had my driving system so ingrained in me, and it has become so much of a habit, that it would be really difficult to break out of it.

I've tried a few times and I just can't do it! With a manual car you have the three pedals. Using two and having less to do just isn't easier

There’s only one way to fix this: that the whole world start driving on the same side of the road once and for all. But I think we’re stuck the way it is now for a long time. Probably till cars as we know them become obsolete