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Need help? Tel: Registered in England: Company number He had tried pressing the button on the pump for fuel. No luck! He tried putting a credit card into the pump and selecting fuel. No luck. In exasperation he asked a fellow driver how to use the petrol pump. He explained they either use a credit card or pre pay at the shop. Our problem was solved… Or so we thought! Then we came across the next dilemma! How many gallons does our car hold. Is a gallon bigger or smaller than a litre.
We were in the middle of no where without internet to google the answer! What if we pre-paid less? After all we were traveling km in the middle of a barren desert. When would we see another service station? Problem solved! When holidaying in the USA hiring a car is nearly essential. There is very little public transport, and the distances between places of interest and towns is huge. Route 66 ends in Santa Monica and we spent a lot of time in that area so these signs were everywhere.
Driving holidays are great fun, and learning to drive on the opposite side of the road is manageable. So good luck in your travels, I hope these tips help. Driving on the Wrong Side of the Road — What to do Before you leave home Check each country you will be visiting to ascertain what side of the road they drive on. Here is a website that shows countries and the side of the road they drive on. Check if a current drivers license is all you need to rent a vehicle.
You may need an International Drivers License. Always bring your current drivers license with the correct residential address. Check your travel insurance. A lot of good insurers cover car insurance automatically with your travel insurance. This can be a big saving when you hire a vehicle.
Bring proof of coverage with you to the car rental. Check your credit card policy, some credit card providers cover car insurance if you pay your car rental on their credit card. Check your home insurance policy.
Some policies will cover insurance for car rental. Consider hiring an automatic vehicle. Consider taking public transport from the airport to a quieter town to collect the vehicle.
California Route 66 Signage Another road situation which caused us a few scary moments was turning at lights and intersections. LA to Las Vegas Until Brett got used to intersection he made it a point to try and keep a vehicle in front at lights if possible.
The map above shows which countries drive on the wrong side of the road. Those marked in red drive on the right and those in blue drive on the left. Your opinion about which is the correct side to drive on, likely depends on where you live. For the most part, those that drive on the left are either former British colonies or countries with strong economic ties with former British colonies. The major exception being Japan.
Guyana former British colony and Suriname former Dutch colony are the two countries in South America that still drive on the left. Finally, while the overall trend has been for countries to switch from driving on the left to driving on the right, Samoa did the opposite in and went from being a right driving country to a left. Have any thoughts about driving on the left vs driving on the right? Please leave them in the comment section below:.
I am from Belgium. We drive on the right side. I used to live in Zambia for a while, where they drive on the left. It takes a little while to adjust, but no big deal. The hard part was coming back to Belgium and having to drive on the right side again. There was like a big conflict between adjusting again and old habits. This included banging my left had against the door in trying to get to the gear shifter to being completely lost in what direction to take on a roundabout.
I survived, though had a couple of close shaves…. The brits are correct for driving on the left, in the medieval days a knight would be on the left as most where right handed, thus he could pull his sword and swing for the enemy on the opposite side.
Myanmar formerly Burma was a British colony until , and drove on the left until , when it changed sides. It is said that in the ruler of the country at that time, General Ne Win, ordered everyone to start driving on the right side of the road, on the advice of a wizard.
However, virtually every vehicle is right-hand-drive, since there are still many old cars and buses driving around and almost all the modern cars are second-hand imports from Japan.
You can still even see old traffic lights in downtown Rangoon on the wrong side of the road. We drive on the correct side. You pass each other on your right — the hand most people hold a sword with. Is it? The Romans also rode on the right, and just consider most people are right-handed, not left-handed. I thought that horse whips were also held in the right hand. It was supposed to be that you could defend yourself on the highway.
Most people are right-handed so keeping your right hand on the steering wheel whilst changing gear with the left will reduce the likelihood of accidents.
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