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I am in the US but drive a Japanese Domestic Market truck, so the steering wheel is on the right side and I shift left handed. Someone who learns to shift right
by gamegoblin 7y ago
I am in the US but drive a Japanese Domestic Market truck, so the steering wheel is on the right side and I shift left handed. Someone who learns to shift right handed will pick up shifting left handed within 1 hour. The brain flips it all remarkably easily. The harder muscle memory to break is the turn signal and windshield wipers being swapped.
I actually think what I am doing (a right-hand drive vehicle in a drive-on-the-right country) is the easiest, because parallel parking is so much easier when you are driving on the same side as the street curb. And being able to get in and out of my vehicle from the sidewalk is nice.
- jacquesm 7y agoI can drive both left and right hand side. It all works great but if I switch frequently and I need to downshift for turns and sit on the right hand side invariably I'll hit the door really hard. I can't seem to get that bit reprogrammed to the point that it is not happening.