Lack of 70 series Land Cruisers.
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Douglas S.
Adventurer
Took me about 15 minutes to get used to driving a RHD.
It's a non-issue. I find that the people who are most against it are those who have never experienced it.
cruiseroutfit
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Sure, but it really isn't a big deal for travel is it? I've spent a fair amount of time in RHD rigs on the right side of the road, not that big of an issue imo.
Douglas S.
Adventurer
Was it an ex-MOD 110 with no rear windows? Because those things are dangerous regardless of which side the driver is on.
I agree that LHD is better in North America, but only for reasons of convenience. I've never felt that I had poor visibility and I've never had a close call in the two and a half years I've had my 80-series.
evilfij
Explorer
No, it was a full five door station wagon. 1984. You can lose a car under the window with the sight line to your left rear on a right hand drive vehicle. I can only assume it would be worse on a troopy with the high windows in the back. I am not saying it is an insurmountable issue by any stretch -- driving RHD in a LHD country -- just that I think it is less safe and will pay significantly more for LHD.
grimbo
Explorer
Until you use a drive thru or have to use a boom gate at a parking lot.
1911
Expedition Leader
That's what passengers are for. Get a wife or girlfriend, and/or have a child. :sombrero:
zimm
Expedition Leader
in a RHD car, pulling out from a parallel parking spot is more dangerous not just for you, but for the poor sap you couldnt see. there really is a reason the drivers seat is where it is on RHD and LHD cars, and as said, its the vantage point in seeing moving traffic. i recall doing a quick park on the wrong side of the road, and coming back later to box truck on either side of me. making sure i didnt pull out and get someone was a pita. now, i always tale the time to face the right way. i can be lazy or stupid and kill me, but i dont want to kill someone else. that would be a situation faced constantly in a rhd truck. instances like that, and others, arnt in the drivers scope of control either.
RHD is for the postman, or people desperate to look cool with a car they cant get here. like having 4 beers and driving, its a risk thats minute and you think you can mitigate with caution, but its absolutely unnecessary, and its manslaughter if something unforeseen happens.
RHD is for the postman, or people desperate to look cool with a car they cant get here. like having 4 beers and driving, its a risk thats minute and you think you can mitigate with caution, but its absolutely unnecessary, and its manslaughter if something unforeseen happens.
Douglas S.
Adventurer
Meh. I've pulled out of a parallel parking space for almost every working day of the last two and a half years in my RHD and I've driven for hours on two-lane highways.
I'm not going to get into an argument about it.
I'm not going to get into an argument about it.
plainjaneFJC
Deplorable
Try driving a LHD in a RHD country, you got to pay attention at turns, but from my experience you figure it out pretty quick.
Scott Brady
Founder
Passing is the only thing I have found dangerous, and I typically have a passenger I trust. Otherwise, I have more miles in RHDs than LHDs over the past few years. I don't even notice anymore. I love driving our RHD Land Cruiser. So little power that passing is never a consideration 
zimm
Expedition Leader
nothing more from the witness. thank you.