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Old Apr 1, 2019, 2:27 pm
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ajGoes
 
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Originally Posted by rickg523
It only takes a few drives to get used to it. And as long as there's traffic, you won't go wrong. It's only pulling out of the pub onto an empty road that I found myself driving on the right. My passengers' screams got me sorted immediately.
OTOH, don't route yourself through the Hangar Lane Gyratory for at least your first week @:-)
I think you mean it only took a few drives for you to get used to it. Some people are completely unable to make the change, and some people can do it instantly. I was confident I'd adapt pretty seamlessly and was disappointed that it took me a day to make the basic accommodation (to driving in England and Wales) and I never completely relaxed. It felt like I kept expending a certain amount of subconscious brainpower, and that was enough to make the driving considerably more stressful.
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