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Old 10-02-12, 04:00
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Tony, just think proportionately, how many of us right side drivers take to the road in those blue coloured countries...
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Old 10-02-12, 04:28
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Old 10-02-12, 07:43
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Tony, just think proportionately, how many of us right side drivers take to the road in those blue coloured countries...
Not enough in Australia at the moment ...Tourist numbers are down with the Oz dollar higher than US
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Old 10-02-12, 09:10
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Get used to it. the green back is not well.
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Old 10-02-12, 10:07
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Notice that the Japanese drive on the left the same as we do here in Oz. A lot of people are unaware of this and I heard a story years ago that Land Rover shipped a hundred LHD vehicles to the Japanese and then had to send a hundred RHD conversion kits because they stuffed up. The Japs didn't specify and the Brits thought they knew.

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Old 10-02-12, 13:48
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Don't the Japanese drive all over the road? Sides should not matter!
As far as the US dollar go, it's great for us right now if we need to source parts etc from the USA. Last time I looked, the CDN dollar was ahead of the US slightly.
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Old 10-02-12, 16:21
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Hi All

Hey your on the wrong side of the truck, is a very common remark hollered from the side of parade routes as I drive by in any of my CMPs. Standard reply with a straight face is "no I'm on the right side"

Of course in normal driving this is not such a noticeable issue as so many drivers seem to drive in the middle of the road anyway.

Cheers Phil

PS I like to see a map with red for right hand sided, blue for left hand side and green for down the middle.
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Old 10-02-12, 17:44
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A 3rd color should be added as there is a country in which both sides of the road are used...
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