DIFFICULTIES DRIVING CARS WITH RIGHT-HAND DRIVE

Cars with right-hand drive meet on our roads infrequently, and you are unlikely to be going to buy one for your family. However, while traveling to England or Japan, you can rent a car in order not to depend on public transport. How hard will it be for you to drive such a car? Let's find out.

Let's try to consider the main features of the operation of right-hand drive vehicles from the point of view of a person who did not have the experience of "communication" with this technique, but he will have to travel by car where the steering wheel is "on the passenger side".

                    

The most difficult thing in getting used to the operation of right-hand drive vehicles is the synchronization of the work of the legs and the left hand, which has to switch gears. Depending on the individual characteristics of your body, the addiction to the left position of the gear lever leverage takes from one day to a week. It should be noted that the percentage of right-hand drive vehicles with a manual gearbox is minimal. Most often these are exclusive sports cars, it's interesting to ride with "mechanics". For example, these are Honda Prelude, Nissan Silvia and Skyline, Toyota Celica and Supra. In the case of the "automatic" the selector to the left of the driver will not cause any special inconvenience.

Changing the location of the steering wheel significantly affects the feeling of the dimensions of the car. Remember how long you got used to the dimensions of the car when you first sat behind the wheel. Here you will have to remember this feeling of insecurity. But the retraining and addiction to the dimensions of the driver with average experience will take several times less time. And if you have got behind the wheel of a right-hand drive right after training in a driving school, it will be even easier to get used to its features.

In the city at first, you can advise to look more closely at the markings in the left side mirror - this will help you get used to your new position on the road faster and will not allow you to "rush" around the strip. If there are no markings, the first few days it is better to drive in the right row, using as a guide the curb or the roadside.

As with any other car, the first thing to do before starting the movement is to properly adjust the rear-view mirrors. The rules for their adjustment do not differ from ordinary ones, except that the left mirror can be lowered lower. Feel their own size is very helpful set on many Japanese cars devices: an additional mirror on the left wing and a glowing in the dark side of the beacon on the left side of the bumper.

On a car with a right-hand drive, some riding elements become much easier to perform. In urban conditions, this is the right turn in a dense stream, a detour to the right, parking at an angle to the curb (it is easier to control the height of the curb).