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   From: trevor@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au   
      
   On 1/31/2012 3:24 AM, Arny Krueger wrote:   
   > "John Williamson"  wrote in message   
   > news:9okck8Fcf0U1@mid.individual.net...   
   >> Don Pearce wrote:   
   >>> On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:53:37 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"   
   >>>   wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>> (excluding the US and Canada) and Japan, drive on the wrong side of   
   >>>>> the road, AS COMPARED TO_EVERYWHERE_. Sorry, but THAT is weird. The   
   >>>> It's not the wrong side, it's the left side (-:.   
   >>>>   
   >   
   >>> UK, Australia, New Zealand, India. All left side (proper side)   
   >>> drivers.   
   >   
   >> Add Japan and most of Africa (Where the drivers don't just stick to the   
   >> ruts, which normally match the track of a Land Rover.   
   >   
   >> Currently, the split is about 50/50 in terms of the number of countries   
   >> which drive on which side.   
   >   
   > After all, the Right side is the right side...   
   >   
   >   
      
   **Why? I've driven cars on both sides, in several countries. As long as   
   everyone else has it figured out, there seems to be no real problem.   
   HOWEVER, I would posit that, when driving an automobile with a manual   
   gearbox, using one's right hand to control the wheel (assuming one is   
   right handed), with the other hand using the gear change, is a better idea.   
      
   As it happens, I am suddenly in the market for a new (second hand)   
   automobile. The advantage for me is that I can easily purchase a direct   
   Japense import, with low milage and in very good condition for quite   
   good prices and without any need to convert to local conditions.   
      
   FWIW: A Nissan Stagea beckons.   
      
   --   
   Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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