I've been slightly curious about this for a while ... On r/h drive cars.. is the gas pedal still designed for the right foot? or is it mirrored? same w/ the gear shifting.. is 1st gear still to the left? -- -Chris http://www.ChrisGarcia.com <- My Homepage http://www.chrisgarcia.com/cars/ <- *NEW* My cars http://www.chrisgarcia.com/dogs/ <- *Sort-of NEW* My dogs http://starwars.chrisgarcia.com/ <- Centerpoint Station, the "ghost-town" of the Star Wars Universe!
Randolph is correct. In a RHD car, the clutch is up against the transmission tunnel, gas is near the door. Feet are harder to re-train than hands. --TeGGeR®
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I'll second the feet comment. Never could break the habit of walking up to the left door while in Australia for a week. Had to backpedal around to the driver's door each time.
However, some RHD cars have the signal stalk on the right and wipers on the left, while others have the wipers on the right and signal on the left.
When I had a tour of duty in the UK 20 years ago I never I had any problems adjusting to right hand drive from left hand. Roundabouts were more interesting, however.
