"I ain't scared". But when mrsgregseattle and I drove in MA on our first date/trip, she kept putting both her hands on the ceiling and screaming with her head down everytime we went into a roundabout ... small town girl that she was, it was fairly unnerving for her. Me, I tried using my normal urban Chicago / former courier / driving style (don't look just drive, as the MA locals do). But she was clearly giving them signals to to my inherent weakness and we were trampled upon rightly. She still does this today when she wants to p*ss me off while I am driving, as it was that awful of an experience for me to be put in such a small place on the road.

As for the otherside of the road thingy, I agree with rb.sr and wideman's perspective about watching the left side. I wacked up pretty good the left side of a Budget rent-a-car on a guardrail on a sweeping left hand on-ramp a while back in my youth from that little perspective problem... Definitely get the insurance if it's your first time at it. (subsequent times have been much better)