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SwissTony

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3. I've had that experience - fortunately without negative effects.

Reply to MaryMagdaline (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 12, 2020, 05:22 PM

Sep 2020

I learned to drive in Australia (drive on the LHS) and then married a Dutchie and we decided to move to The Netherlands (drive on the RHS).

I was driving in NL one day and came to a T-junction I'd successfully negotiated heaps of times. I wanted to turn right but for some reason, I drove onto the left side and turned right. After I'd turned, the perspective I saw informed me that I'd made a mistake - the buildings and trees weren't in the right places!! I was able to correct after passing a small traffic island. There was no traffic on the road, so it wasn't a problem.

I also took my Dutch car (steering wheel on the left) to England (drive on the LHS). You get a different view of the traffic from that angle.

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This is why I won't drive when I'm there MaryMagdaline Sep 2020 #1

I've had that experience - fortunately without negative effects. SwissTony Sep 2020 #3

This accident happened while my husband and I were in the UK csziggy Sep 2020 #2

I'd dread driving in the U.S., because I'm Australian and drive on the other side of the road. Matilda Sep 2020 #4