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::sigh:: I did not say that driving was hard or difficult for me. However, being a responsible driver includes being aware of road hazards and other vehicles. When you are driving a RHD on a 2-lane LHD road, your visibility of the oncoming lane is going to be much more limited by the vehicle in front of you than if you were driving a LHD car. Seriously, think about it. Can you honestly tell me that you think you would have the same visibility of the oncoming lane from the right hand side of the car as you would from the left hand side of the car? Driving RHD on LHD roads isn't really difficult, or even more dangerous 98% of the time, but the issue is that there is no real benefit (other than being able to get out of the car on the sidewalk side rather than the street side when parallel parking) to it unless you deliver mail or unless you have a car that was never available as LHD. It is impractical and there are occasions when it hinders one's ability to drive responsibly because it can greatly affect visibility for the driver. I suppose if you never have/want to pass a vehicle on a two-lane road, or find yourself in any other such situation where you need to see the oncoming lane when there is a vehicle directly in front of you, then it really is no big deal. Personally, I just think that it is a very stupid thing to do for the sole purpose of being "unique." I don't even know why I bother though. I know that you don't care and that you will ignore this because you have yourself convinced that RHD is so cool and there could never ever be any drawbacks to it or any reason why foreign car manufacturers from RHD countries make LHD cars for sale in the US rather than just sending over the RHD cars.
"The two seater is being joined in a few weeks by a larger two-plus-two model with a rear seat for munchkins." ~Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune, in regards to the Z32.
Andrew Janeshek // jnshk@aol.com // 1992 NA 2+2 [Stage 2-ish]
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15:05:39 02/02/05
