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To: carranza2 who wrote (13421)	7/6/2001 1:23:52 AM
From: Quincy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Isn't the challenge which side of the wheel the gearshift and turn signals are on?

To: carranza2 who wrote (13421)	7/7/2001 12:23:28 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34857

<If a right-handed Brit drives a standard shift model with gear shifter on floor, he gets to shift with his left hand. Has to be at least as difficult for a right handed person as picking up peas with a knife. Can't be right.> Not at all Carranza2, it seems second nature [purely standard actions every time]. It's far more important to have our right hand free for infinitely variable out-of-vehicle actions, whether it's shooting, whipping, throwing banana skins, gesticulating at other drivers to help them improve their driving skills. Cellphone hurling is probably a significant action these days too. [When they drop another call, go flat in the battery, give another busy signal]. I've driven a for years in both modes. Other than out-of-vehicle actions, the only other thing I can think of is in-vehicle actions, such as beating children, fondling females, fiddling with the radio etc which are better done with the right hand, making left hand drive desirable for those in-vehicle activities. We can ignore left-handed people as being weirdos, a bit like we can ignore Finnish language [everyone in the world should use English, or American]. So, it's a matter of whether a culture is predominantly introverted [in-vehicle navel gazing] or extroverted [out-of-vehicle experiences]. Mqurice