Yeah happens in the reverse with British drivers driving in Europe and America all the time as well. British drivers make the same mistake in Europe an estimated 250,000 times a year. I think anyone who has had to switch back and forth between left and right hand drive has no problem seeing how this can happen. Especially in the first couple of days of being somewhere different.
Sometimes I do wish we bit the bullet and just switched to the right. Sweden did exactly this in the 60s. Caused chaos for a couple days but ultimately made the roads safer. They had more an issue with it as they share a couple direct land borders with countries doing it differently though.
Seems fair. US road users are used to a much different driving/ road environment than the one experienced by drivers in the UK (or even europe really). It’s not a quality criticism thing, just a different background with different road risks and we want everyone to be safe.
I’d feel the same if, say, Iceland targeted UK drivers due to their rapidly changing winter road conditions.
Americans also have a lot more warning signs about tight corners. We’ve all learned to drive in an environment where if you can’t see around the corner you slow the fuck down — they’re expecting big yellow arrows and a speed limit guideline. I wouldn’t be surprised if a few of them came off the road by failing to slow down when they should.
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Yeah happens in the reverse with British drivers driving in Europe and America all the time as well. British drivers make the same mistake in Europe an estimated 250,000 times a year. I think anyone who has had to switch back and forth between left and right hand drive has no problem seeing how this can happen. Especially in the first couple of days of being somewhere different.
Sometimes I do wish we bit the bullet and just switched to the right. Sweden did exactly this in the 60s. Caused chaos for a couple days but ultimately made the roads safer. They had more an issue with it as they share a couple direct land borders with countries doing it differently though.
Seems fair. US road users are used to a much different driving/ road environment than the one experienced by drivers in the UK (or even europe really). It’s not a quality criticism thing, just a different background with different road risks and we want everyone to be safe.
I’d feel the same if, say, Iceland targeted UK drivers due to their rapidly changing winter road conditions.
Americans also have a lot more warning signs about tight corners. We’ve all learned to drive in an environment where if you can’t see around the corner you slow the fuck down — they’re expecting big yellow arrows and a speed limit guideline. I wouldn’t be surprised if a few of them came off the road by failing to slow down when they should.