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Old 05-25-2004, 06:37 PM
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Actually driving RHD stick is easier than you think because everything that could confuse you is in the same place. For example the gears are all in the same place and the clutch is in the same place.
The only adjustment you really have to make is shifting with the left hand, remembering that you are going the opposite direction on the 'right' side of the road, and that you are on the right side of the car (you would be suprised how easy it is to forget this).
The first thing that REALLY throws you is the mirrors, all of them! I drove like I had no mirrors for the first few days I drove my sisters car, she lives in London.


Britain won't switch over until the rest of its x colonies do, and even then the English will keep at it. Right now they have a lot of company, South Africa, Japan , Kenya and Australia to name a few.
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