I like travelling
I go abroad at least twice a year, if possible, and have driven many thousands of miles on the right hand side of the road, in hire cars of various quality.

Driving on the 'wrong' side is not something I ever had a problem with, but on one occasion I'd been in the US and Canada for a few weeks, and had driven quite a long way while there. The following week, back in Blighty, I had been down in Edinburgh and went in to visit a mate on the way home. So I turned off the M90, up the slip road, and because I was turning right at the top, I was in the right hand lane.

You can see what's coming.

Unfortunately, I couldn't, because I was looking the wrong way. I glanced left, noticed a car going away from me and thought there was something odd about it, because it seemed to be on the wrong side. In fact, it is of course normal practice to drive on the left in the UK, but my brain had temporarily forgotten this.

So after my quick look to the left to make sure there was nothing coming, I pulled out. On to the right hand side of a single carriageway road. Against the oncoming traffic.

Fortunately, said traffic was far enough away to allow me to take evasive action, but I did require to clean the car seat later.

I'm much more careful to check both ways now, regardless of which side of the road I'm on.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 15:08, 1 reply)

Oh, dear
oh, dear...

...oh, dear...

Nice one, mate!
( SpankyHanky, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 15:42, closed)