driving on the left side

the switch should happen.... Right hand drive designed vehicles have headlights that naturally throw a lot more light up and to the right (since that's "off road" and where all the road signs will be" ) thus at night you can now hardly tell who has their brights on and who doesn't, not to mention the fact that most people can place the left side of their vehicle much better than the right (since they are sitting on the left and can visualy judge better).

lots and lots of reasons, I fully support a switch, or a conversion to right hand driver seated cars with the properly aimed headlights.

It makes so much sense to switch to the right side...which is exactly why it won't happen here.

First I am sorry to all those drivers on STX that I have made many many mistakes trying to get use to driving on the left. Hopefully no more. I love the article, it really is a mad world.

Seriously people, left hand side driving on right hand cars on our roads is a much better option when swerving off the road to avoid idiot drivers, Think about it.

Seriously people, left hand side driving on right hand cars on our roads is a much better option when swerving off the road to avoid idiot drivers, Think about it.

Huh? I'm swerving for my life as it is.....

I like the driving on the left. I'm amazed at how quickly it became normal.

I will say that head lights are 100% adjustable to not blind every other car and I've had serious problems driving at night here. That should be the most important thing upon inspection.

90% of all the cars here have 2 brake lights out. I doubt anyone would get their headlights adjusted. It's not as easy as aiming your lights on a wall and adjusting them until it "looks right".

90% of all the cars here have 2 brake lights out. I doubt anyone would get their headlights adjusted. It's not as easy as aiming your lights on a wall and adjusting them until it "looks right".

Yes it is.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/07/samoa.driving/

I like being able to see how close to edge of roads (with thier many deep ruts, drop-offs and cliffs) I am.
Hope switching sides doesn't catch on here!

90% of all the cars here have 2 brake lights out. I doubt anyone would get their headlights adjusted. It's not as easy as aiming your lights on a wall and adjusting them until it "looks right".

Yes it is.

No it isn't. You need headlamp aimers. Anything else is just guessing. You don't have levels and prisms in your eyes. Do You?

http://www.legvi.org/vilegsearch/ShowPDF.aspx?num=30-0160&type=Bill

Lol wtf is a headlight aimer?

Lol wtf is a headlight aimer?

LOL. You don't know what they are? They attach to each headlamp. They have levels and prisms inside. The aiming specs are molded into the headlamp housings with sigle digits. You dial in the specs and look into the aimer "viewfinder". Turning the adjusting screws untils the cross hairs line up. They adjust the headlamps perfectly. Aiming onto a wall is like aligning your front end with a rope.

I custom made my own headlights with 50 watt HID bulbs & ballasts and projectors from a Lexus; my headlights have a distinct, controlled & dramatic cut off line that shows where light is going& where it isn't,

unless you have this you cannot aim your headlights correctly.

Ive worked for a few mechanics and have never heard of that.

I googled it, there is such a thing. We did ours manually after we bought our car new off the lot 11 years ago. Not sure how well we did it. The bigger prob for us would be the cloudy headlight covers, might need to buy some of that stuff "as seen on tv" to clear the fog from the headlight covers ... Anybody used that?

I googled it, there is such a thing. We did ours manually after we bought our car new off the lot 11 years ago. Not sure how well we did it. The bigger prob for us would be the cloudy headlight covers, might need to buy some of that stuff "as seen on tv" to clear the fog from the headlight covers ... Anybody used that?

just use "3m" rubbing compound (and a drill with a pad on it, or you'll wear your arm out) all you are trying to do is rub off the oxidation (top layer of plastic)

you can aim the majority of your headlights light (standard housings, not like mine) by your self no problem, but the "splash" light (my term) will still go strait into oncomming drivers eyes due to the design of american headlights (they are designed to "splash" this light onto street signs and other things that are normally on your right as you drive).

I googled it, there is such a thing. We did ours manually after we bought our car new off the lot 11 years ago. Not sure how well we did it. The bigger prob for us would be the cloudy headlight covers, might need to buy some of that stuff "as seen on tv" to clear the fog from the headlight covers ... Anybody used that?

My husband bought that stuff. It worked great for a couple of days and they clouded up again even worse. I would not buy it.

Ive worked for a few mechanics and have never heard of that.

You have'nt heard of what? Headlamp aimers?

Ive worked for a few mechanics and have never heard of that.

You have'nt heard of what? Headlamp aimers?

yes. Sounds like a left handed smoke shifter or shock pump

Ive worked for a few mechanics and have never heard of that.

You have'nt heard of what? Headlamp aimers?

yes. Sounds like a left handed smoke shifter or shock pump

Or. The F. N. nut that holds the steering wheel is loose in your case.

No, once you get used to it. But it can be depending on the layout of the roads.

Thousands of tourists manage to survive driving on the left when they visit each yr.
Driving on the left isn't so bad. It's the roads themselves and the other idiot drivers that one must contend with.