dumb question about right hand drive cars

[Chris Garcia]

I've been slightly curious about this for a while ...

On r/h drive cars.. is the gas pedal still designed for the right foot? or is it mirrored?

same w/ the gear shifting.. is 1st gear still to the left?

 

[Randolph]

Gear shift is the same, no mirroring. Same with pedals, no mirroring.

 

[TeGGeR®]

Randolph is correct.

In a RHD car, the clutch is up against the transmission tunnel, gas is near the door. Feet are harder to re-train than hands.

--TeGGeR®

 

[Chris Garcia]

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the conversation on 20 Dec 2003 with message

Randolph is correct.

In a RHD car, the clutch is up against the transmission tunnel, gas is near the door. Feet are harder to re-train than hands.

--TeGGeR©

Neat.. Thanks go out to both of you. I can file that away with the rest of the useless knowledge I have now...

 

[J.]

I'll second the feet comment. Never could break the habit of walking up to the left door while in Australia for a week. Had to backpedal around to the driver's door each time.

 

[Scott MacLean]

However, some RHD cars have the signal stalk on the right and wipers on the left, while others have the wipers on the right and signal on the left.

 

[Tom Waugh]

I've been slightly curious about this for a while ...

On r/h drive cars.. is the gas pedal still designed for the right foot? or is it mirrored?

same w/ the gear shifting.. is 1st gear still to the left?

When I had a tour of duty in the UK 20 years ago I never I had any problems adjusting to right hand drive from left hand. Roundabouts were more interesting, however.