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People who have driven on both sides of the road
Is there a trick to better judge distance on the left hand side of the car? I know it's probably just something I have to learn by doing, but I almost scraped the side of a parking garage today so I am wondering if anyone who has gone from driving on one side of the road to the other has any tips/tricks.
Re: People who have driven on both sides of the road
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After a year of it, I still tend to drive a "little left". H calls it one of my American quirks. He however can drive perfectly fine on either side.
I also have trouble backing up. It is just so awkward to look over my left shoulder instead of my right.
I've never had to do that yet, but I now plan to avoid it. I like to just avoid avoid avoid doing all difficult things. That's the best way to get better right?
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yes, the trick is to have a higher car. I'm not joking. I drove a friends minivan no problem, with a regular car much harder but it does get easier with time.
Also here it's common to drive in the middle of the road. So I stay as close to the middle as I possibly can even if that means being partially in another car's lane (as long as there is no other car of course).
parking garages are the worst bc the lanes are so narrow.
Yup, that's how I always drove in the UK. The roads are too small to drive any other way. And I had to work on my reverse skills - you'd meet another car on some stupidly narrow road that was, of course, two ways and one of you would have to reverse until you found a spot large enough for the other car to squeak past you!
Like everyone said about the center line. But I want to another warning of never letting yourself make a mindless right turn. Both DH and I have almost killed ourselves turning right without looking at traffic coming the other way. Such a hard habit to break!
You'll get used to it. After only five months, it was hard for me to drive when I was in the States. I had a bit of a panic attack the first time I had to make a turn. I couldn't remember which side!