No, Left-Hand-Side Driving on Foreign Roads is Not Scary…

“I don’t scare easily, but nothing puts the fear of God in me like left-hand-side driving on foreign roads” is what Christopher Elliott wrote in this article for Travelers United, which is an advocacy membership organization that represents all travelers. “On a recent visit to Bermuda, while I was taking a pre-dawn walk along a winding road, I nearly collided with a swarm of scooters. Turns out I was facing the wrong direction. In London, despite signs on the pavement warning tourists and absent-minded pedestrians to ‘look right,’ I was almost run over by a bus. I’ve never tried to rent a car there. I don’t dare.” As a citizen of the United States, I am accustomed to driving on the right side of the road… …so does that mean that... The post No, Left-Hand-Side Driving on Foreign Roads is Not Scary… appeared first on The Gate.

Mar 29, 2025 - 01:24

No, Left-Hand-Side Driving on Foreign Roads is Not Scary…

“I don’t scare easily, but nothing puts the fear of God in me like left-hand-side driving on foreign roads” is what Christopher Elliott wrote in this article for Travelers United, which is an advocacy membership organization that represents all travelers. “On a recent visit to Bermuda, while I was taking a pre-dawn walk along a winding road, I nearly collided with a swarm of scooters. Turns out I was facing the wrong direction. In London, despite signs on the pavement warning tourists and absent-minded pedestrians to ‘look right,’ I was almost run over by a bus. I’ve never tried to rent a car there. I don’t dare.”

As a citizen of the United States, I am accustomed to driving on the right side of the road…

…so does that mean that…

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