Question for those who drive on the left side of the road

[Barney]

I was stationed in the US Virgin Islands for 3 years; they drive on the wrong side there. It was a small adjustment at first, but after 3 years I automatically drove on the left hand side. Cars sold there were left hand drive cars.

 

[moon puppy]

In a hall way you would walk on the left so you can draw your sword with your right hand and attack to your right.

That explains the strange encounter I had a Heuston station, I was unarmed!

 

[paddy]

One thing i always notice here is we get a lot of visiting coaches/busses from Europe and they of course have their doors on the wrong side so parties of school children etc have to exit into the traffic, not the side walk.

Here we see Hardy Kruger , note: You can tell the Germans drive on the right because his cockpit canopy opens the wrong way ?

 

[moon puppy]

"The one that got away"

 

[paddy]

Seriously though, i wonder why they did that ?

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Even though the photo has number labeling in the corner, something is a bit off as Bf109 canopies generally open to the right and you enter and exit on the left.

Also the one that got away was a gent by the name of Franz von Werra. He was shipped to Canada and escaped south through the US down to South America and returned from there.

Sorry for pulling a Saúl TMI.

 

[moon puppy]

Seriously though, i wonder why they did that ?

I wondered why they had a 50 star American flag in one of the Churchill movies lately.

 

[RichB]

That is a still from the 1957 movie " The One That Got Away". Hardy Kruger was playing von Werra. Having the canopy opening to the right may have a gotten in the way the director wanted the shot setup. Or the prop crew screwed up.

Cheers,
RichB

 

[Steve Ski]

This question has certainly opened up a plethora of hilarious responses, too funny!

I'd never make it on the roads over there. Might as well just crash now!

Aaaaah, I couldn't stop laughing, woof!

Traffic flows on the left on an escalator , people stand on the right. If you dont do this on the London underground you will be shot...its the law

In a hall way you would walk on the left so you can draw your sword with your right hand and attack to your right. Particularly important in Supermarkets where people might ram you with a trolly

People on mobile phones are exempt from these rules as they are too stupid to understand them.

That is hilarious! I know all yall Brits got funny names for things, but how the heck would you fit a trolly in a Supermarket?

Well, I for one am happy us Yanks never made the switch, although I do remember the school system trying to get us used to it, epic fail. Construction measurements would be brutal to deal with. Just hanging sheet rock would take on a whole new meaning when working "top-out."

 

[paddy]

The best comment i have seen for the one that got away was

There's a jerry crashed in the field, call out the guard ........................................and bring a chief, he may be hungry.

 

[RichB]

That could be against the Geneva Convention, threatening a prisoner with English cooking.

Cheers,
RichB

 

[Barney]

That could be against the Geneva Convention, threatening a prisoner with English cooking.

Cheers,
RichB

English cooking isn't THAT bad!

Yes it is!

 

[paddy]

It wont kill you instantly like MacDonald's anyway 90% of English cooking is now Chinese or Indian and better for it

 

[Heavens Eagle]

McDonald's

 

[Barney]

McDonald's
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I remember when McD's opened inMilton Keanes.... People lined up for hours!