left hand drive
When I first moved to europe from blighty I found driving left hand drive vehicles a little confusing. The first time I drove a left hand drive car for instance, I found myself hitting the door with my left hand every time I wanted to change gear.
After a while a became somewhat ambidextrous regarding the steering wheel, but yet I always found something slightly odd about driving a left hand drive car and I never quite figure out what it was. Until now.
I was parking the car the other day and as I turned the engine off I noticed that my foot was still on the clutch. At that point I realised that I hadn't taken the car out of gear yet. Something about that process seemed inefficient and it was then I figured out why I prefer driving right hand drive cars.
When I get into a car that is right hand drive I do various things simultaneously.
When I park a right hand drive car I do the following (2 steps this time)
If you're driving a left hand drive car you can't start/stop the engine at the same time as changing gear! And that concludes it - right hand drive is better.
After a while a became somewhat ambidextrous regarding the steering wheel, but yet I always found something slightly odd about driving a left hand drive car and I never quite figure out what it was. Until now.
I was parking the car the other day and as I turned the engine off I noticed that my foot was still on the clutch. At that point I realised that I hadn't taken the car out of gear yet. Something about that process seemed inefficient and it was then I figured out why I prefer driving right hand drive cars.
When I get into a car that is right hand drive I do various things simultaneously.
- Put the keys in the ignition and start the engine
- Put my foot on the clutch and prep the other for the accelerator
- Put the car in the gear I want it to be in (normally reverse, or 1st)
When I park a right hand drive car I do the following (2 steps this time)
- Simultaneously stop the engine and take the car out of gear
- Take my foot off the foot brake and engage the hand brake
If you're driving a left hand drive car you can't start/stop the engine at the same time as changing gear! And that concludes it - right hand drive is better.
posted by nj at
08:56
1 Comments:
Naturally, I've got to disagree. It's true that you can simultaneously take the car out of gear and turn off the engine in a left hand drive.
But that seems like a bug rather than a feature to me. I can't think of a good reason to take a car out of gear when parking it.
And I think a more appropriate google fight would be this one ;-)
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Anonymous, at 8:39 pm
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