Will EU force the UK to drive on the right when RHS driving has been shown to be dangerous for most people?

Question

RHS driving = Right hand side driving. Most people are right handed and RHS driving forces people to drive with the left hand on the steering wheel when changing gear.

When changing gear in a UK car with the steering wheel on the right , this is of course correct in the UK etc for driving on the left--------your left hand changes gear and your right hand stays on the steering wheel, (this is safer for right handed people.)

Right handed people who are also "right eyed" have the traffic coming toward them on their right in left hand driving areas , which is the way "right eyed" people are able to react better

When I reverse out I hold the steering wheel with my right hand and look over my left shoulder to the rear window. In a USA car you must hold the steering wheel with your left hand and look over your right shoulder to look out of the rear window.. So you must reverse with your left hand on the steering wheel.. Or stick your head out of the window if you want to use your right hand on the steering wheel. Or use side mirrors---Dangerous for the 82% right handed majority.

Mounting a bike in the UK is done from the sidewalk by right handed people who find it easier to put their right leg over the bike. , Much safer and this must have saved many lives.

Answer 1

I don't think that the UK will change to driving on the right, at least not in my life time.

Is driving on the right more dangerous, not in my opinion, I've lived and driven in the UK and Spain I swap from left to right and back again it makes no difference.

Answer 2

Az  is not able to answer the question

There is significant evidence that in the days of the Roman Empire everyone drove on the left. (That's one in the eye for Hollywood! and Az are you  an American?).  This was partly because one mounts a horse from its left (we all do) and it was sensible not to be doing this whilst out 'in the traffic'.

Also, carters needed their right arms free to wave swords at would-be attackers. Therefore they sat on the right hand end of the driver's bench. When carts passed each other the drivers needed to be sure that they actually missed each other so they passed "driver to driver". I.e. they drove on the left.

Evidence from Roman gold mines indicates that they drove on the left. The ruts left by the loaded carts leaving the mine are on the left side of the road whilst lighter empty carts entered on their left side.

Everyone in Europe changed to driving on the right when Napoleon started mucking around because he was LEFT handed and driving on the RIGHT is better for LEFT HANDED people .

Incidentally, French main line trains pass on the left too. This is because their railways were mainly built by British engineers. I don't think that they've ever forgiven us for this

Answer 3

Not you again!  You are dangerous because you refuse to believe people who have learned to drive the way that is proper in their home land is the proper way and safe way to drive.

I learned to use both hands equally well for the steering wheel.  If you didn't, you are a poorly trained and dangerous driver.  

Not only that, but I can see out my rear window and still keep both hands on the wheel.  You know those slalom courses they use in police training?  I can drive them forward and backward, with only right hand, or left hand.  Now, it sounds like maybe at 60 years of age, I am more flexible of body, have better concentration, and just maybe 42 years ago I was better trained than you as well.

If anything you say had a grain of truth, almost all Canadian, American, and continental European drivers would be dead before they reached the ripe old age of 25.

Mounting a bike in the US or Canada is done from the sidewalk by right-handed people who find it easier to put their LEFT leg over the bike.  I am right-handed, I have never in my life been able to mount from the left side, unless starting from stand-still, because I learned as a child to mount a rolling bicycle from the right.  Considering the traffic is passing me on my left, it is much safer and must have saved many lives.

Answer 4

I would agree with the idea of the cost, it would be just too great to change this over.

Answer 5

Driving on the right is dangerous for right handed people as you say. this is mainly because it makes people use the LEFT  hand to steer the car

Answer 6

no because it would cost to much to change over

Answer 7

Through out the world  several countries drive as we do in the United Kingdom,.driving on the left hand side of the road,

the majority of vehicles being right hand drive.There are of course exceptions ,being that of drivers with left hand drive

vehicles .People are capable of adapting to these situations ,and no the EU will not as has been discused get us to change over.If you think about it logically it would cost too much.