Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-_and_left-hand_traffic#Driver_seating_position http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-_and_left-hand_traffic#Restrictions_on_wrong-hand_drive_vehicles
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Fernando Trebien > <fernando.treb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> A change of driver >> side requires either a change of vehicle or some special vehicle that >> can drive on both sides. In the case of your city, driving side >> changes, but driver side doesn't. You could include that in the >> description of "opposite". > > > I wish this urban legend would die already, because I know of no place on > the planet this is actually true. If this were actually true, the US Postal > Service would have all of 3 vehicles in their multimillion-vehicle fleet > with the steering wheel on the "legal" side, and an ever growing population > of kei cars imported from Japan registered in Oklahoma would be "banned" > (they are in most states because Japan's domestic vehicles don't meet crash > standards in most states, whereas Oklahoma places a stronger emphasis on > driver ability than vehicle crash-worthiness than most states). The seating > position of the driver is merely a feature of convenience and largely up to > driver preference. Most drivers prefer left hand drive in keep-right > countries, and right hand drive in keep-left countries because it greatly > increases visibility when overtaking. Having driven RHS vehicles in North > America, I can safely say it's not impossible, but you have to really > increase your run-up length to pass safely just because of the sightline > when looking to overtake. Drivers who have to reach for curbside objects a > lot tend to prefer RHS vehicles because they don't have to step in traffic > or reach across the vehicle to, say, collect garbage, deliver mail, restripe > a curb, deliver a package, etc. > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- Fernando Trebien +55 (51) 9962-5409 "The speed of computer chips doubles every 18 months." (Moore's law) "The speed of software halves every 18 months." (Gates' law) _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
