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Samoa Switches to the Left
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09/09/2009 04:57:01
 
 
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09/09/2009 04:39:30
Lutz Scheffler
Lutz Scheffler Software Ingenieurbüro
Dresden, Germany
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>>>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26045590-2703,00.html
>>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8243110.stm
>>>
>>>(It was kind-of fun to watch the drivers make the switch on some of the news programs today :o)
>>>
>>>Wow. Now that is bravery :o) It really would be nice if all countries used the same - drive on the left or right - either as long as it was universal.

>>
>>Thanks for posting this! My wife and I like to go to the UK every year for vacation and I'm 100% comfortable driving on the left (I especially love roundabouts). However, I have never driven on the left with the steering wheel also on the left. That must be pretty interesting. :)
>
>Oh, it works very well.
>A overtake is a bit tricky (the co-driver has to check) and the crossings too since you have the wrong POV. (Angle is wrong). The other problem that I have noticed is that on some places where the rules are not so clear (small crossings etc.) the drivers of the other cars try to find the drivers eyes and are completely flustered that the co driver will not notice.
>Night driving is hard. The dip beam is a problem see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headlamp Low Beam
>
>Agnes

We have to fit beam deflectors or masks to cut out the bit of the dipped beam that goes up at the left of our headlights when we drive abroad.

Years ago on an older car I had round yellow plastics lenses that covered the whole light. I miss those yellow headlights on the continent it alwys made me feel like I was abroad.
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