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Things to do in Honolulu?
öde:
The cars go on the left side of the road, the driver goes on the right side of the car (the driver should be on the side towards the median). Cars are referred to as left-hand or right-hand drive based on the side the steering column and other controls are on.
--- Quote from: calenlass on 12 Apr 2011, 15:01 ---Dan, Kilauea is on the Big Island, silly.
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Yeah, I never remember that Hawaii is a chain, rather than just one island. Maybe I'll remember now! Maybe I'll forget, because I'm stubborn!
Elysiana:
Ah! Sorry, I'm used to calling them by which side of the road you drive on. Maybe I'm the one in the weird upside-down foreign land...
calenlass:
Nah, most of Europe and places like Russia and the Middle East and pretty much anywhere that wasn't colonised by the UK at some point drive on the right-hand side of the road.
Eris:
--- Quote from: Elysiana on 13 Apr 2011, 09:10 ---I am so confused. What does "right-hand drive country" mean? Hawaii drives on the right...
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That is what he is saying. Riz is saying he is from a left hand drive country, so the car is on the left hand side of the road, but the driver is on the right side of the car, so you use your left hand to change gears and whatnot. You guys drive on the right side, so the driver sits on the left and he would use his right hand to do the gear changing etc. Everything would be backwards so it would be confusing hence why he figures he won't be driving anywhere.
Oh whoops, skipped the one post where this was explained. Carry on!
Lunchbox:
Obviously our way is correct because it makes more sense to me to use your dominant (right for most of the population) hand for driving and your lesser hand for gear-changing.
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