That effect is vastly overblown and doesn’t really matter.
Sure, if we only started driving today, we should pick the best side from all perspectives, but changing that now will just be extremely expensive for a very limited gain.
The same goes for switching any island nation from left to right.
Europe:
Power plugs
Train gauge and electricity
Online payment without credit cards
World wide:
Driving on the right
Driving on the left you mean. It’s better since most people are right-handed.
That effect is vastly overblown and doesn’t really matter.
Sure, if we only started driving today, we should pick the best side from all perspectives, but changing that now will just be extremely expensive for a very limited gain.
The same goes for switching any island nation from left to right.
Yeah, so use your left hand to steer and right hand for everything else.
Prioritise everything else over where the car goes? Madness.
Weaves wildly onto the pavement full of school kids but accurately adjusted the aircon
Using your dominant hand for gear shift makes more sense than the alternative. Disagree?
No one has manuals anymore.
Even if you’re in an automatic, and shifting between P, R and D. I’d much rather do that with my dominant hand. Wouldn’t you?