Are you touring abroad?

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edited June 2018 in Overseas Campsites & Touring #1

If like me you tour abroad and sometimes forget to drive on the right, especially when leaving supermarkets, garages and restaurants etc. I have devised a DIY heads up.

 

if you write the text ‘drive on right’ and mirror (not reverse) the image, print it off and simply place it on your dashboard and it will show the correct way on your screen.

you can buy stickers to place on your windscreen, but they are easily missed when setting off.

 

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  • ScreenName34A01E4779
    ScreenName34A01E4779 Forum Participant Posts: 7
    edited June 2018 #2

    Here’s the link that works

    https://youtu.be/kNfoaSWNxaE

  • Oneputt
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    edited June 2018 #3

    In 55 years of driving on the continent I don’t think I’ve ever needed and aide memoir to remind me what side of the road to drive onlaughing

  • commeyras
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    edited June 2018 #4

    Nor me.  Just remember - 'Bum in Drain'!  Seriously, just concentrate especially at the first roundabout and intersection.

  • SteveL
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    edited June 2018 #5

    Did once.

    Driving in woodland with little on the road, we stopped for lunch in a pull in on the left of the road, in relation to our direction of travel. When we resumed there was nothing on the road and I just set off as I would here. (The wood and road could have been in the UK and no other visual clues) Fortunately I realised my mistake before we met anything on a bend.

    Shows how easy it is to make a mistake.  

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  • SteveL
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    edited June 2018 #7

    The one I find can throw you when you get back is a one way street, which you are on the right side of, turning right into a two way. Never made a mistake, but it makes you think.

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited June 2018 #8

    I have probably driven more miles in Europe than I have in the UK. My problem is usually when I get home, especially in supermarket carparks!!!

    David

  • Cornersteady
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    edited June 2018 #9

    An interesting point (or not) is that while I have an Italian driving license and learnt to drive over there and over here at more or less the same time, I am absolutely fine driving on both ‘sides’ but it has to be with the steering wheel on the ‘correct’ side for here or there if you see what I mean? I once was asked to drive an Italian relative’s car over here, which you think should have been easy, but wow it took some brain processing power for me. So hats off to you and others who can switch so easily !

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  • SteveL
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    edited June 2018 #11

    That is a good point CS. When we have hired a vehicle abroad, it has just felt natural to drive on the right, due to the driving position. 

    Doesn't mean everyone else does though and they live in the country.😂

  • Cornersteady
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    edited June 2018 #12

    actually (guilty secret) I loved driving over there in my teens compared to over here, no nonsense about lane disciipline, speed limits, and stop lights and any infringment was usually taken care of by offering to pay the multa expressa to the local police. Also the way that insurance worked over there at the time was that the car was insured not the driver, so a friend whose babbo had an Alfa Romeo giulia was very  very popular. Sadly my uncle had a Fiat 850frown 

  • Cornersteady
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    edited June 2018 #13

    just looked at this,

    https://www.classic-trader.com/uk/cars/listing/fiat/850/850/1967/131194

    I'm really really tempted, relive those teenage years.

    what's that song by the Undertones... 

  • Wherenext
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    edited June 2018 #14

    I am absolutely fine driving on both ‘sides’ but it has to be with the steering wheel on the ‘correct’ side for here or there if you see what I mean?

    Corners, you reminded me of the time we hired a car in Nice for a December holiday. Left hand drive Merc A140, when EasyJet were doing self drive hire. Couldn't park the ruddy thing but when touring France with my Izusu Trooper I could fit it into the proverbial. 

    Like Oneputt I have no problem with driving on the left. The only time I get confused is when they still have the antiquated system of giving way to vehicles from the right when there is no sign. Nearly caught me out once or twice.

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  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited June 2018 #18

    ‘Teenage kicks’👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻😎

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  • peedee
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    edited June 2018 #20

    A good co-pilot is essential, and useful with a big MH as it can sometimes be quite difficult to see left.

    Very true and inspite of having held several foreign driving licences in my time, I still need the occasional prompt from my co-pilot (not satnav).

    I also find the reverse when I have been over there for some time and return home but having the steering wheel in the right place helps! Whether its drive on the left or the right it does not take long to get used to it.

    peedee

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  • Cornersteady
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    edited June 2018 #22

    still good though.

    Is a LHD version cheaper to buy?

  • Cornersteady
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    edited June 2018 #23

    that's the one, just sums it all up.

    Now I have to be in bed by 9pm (to sleep)

  • Cornersteady
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    edited June 2018 #24

    yes, also roundabouts where you can go on and stop actually on it.

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  • Cornersteady
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    edited June 2018 #26

    thanks as always BB

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  • cyberyacht
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    edited June 2018 #28

    One of the catches is if you are in a narrow lane and avoiding potholes, the first instinct is to swing left if you encounter another car. embarassed

  • Tammygirl
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    edited June 2018 #29

    Having spent 20 years driving in Germany (and rest of europe) I would agree with BB in that I prefer to drive a RHD in europe than a LHD in the uk. At one time OH had a RHD and I had a LHD car we used to swap cars with each other on daily basis, depending on who got home and parked on the drive first. Mistakes what mistakes innocent

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