G'Day Tim,
Been there, done that many times, however you will get used to it. We have a
fleet of Volvos and Mercedes Benz as well as Scanias, and they are all the
same.
Bill in Dromana, a proud 20 year employee of Grendas

-----Original Message-----
From:TramsDownUnder@... [mailto:TramsDownUnder@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Tim
Sent: Tuesday, 17 July 2012 8:57 PM
To:TramsDownUnder@...
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Re: OT LHD was Report slams Citadis design flaws

G'day all, Our new Coach at work has the blinkers on the left & wipers on
the right. After 2 months I'm starting to get the hang of it. Our other bus
is a toyota Coaster with Blinkers on the right hand side.
Likewise my car.
It takes some doing & if you're not concentrating, you drag the wipers over
the screen for that next turn you want to make.

Practice Makes Perfect !!

Regards,

Tim, in Sydney.

--- InTramsDownUnder@..., "Tony Prescott" <prescottt@...>
wrote:

> It's funny how the human brain programs itself like a computer. After a
month driving a car on the wrong side of the road with the driver's seat on
the wrong side of the car and the gearbox on the wrong side of the driver, I
have only just overcome the urge to dip my left hand into the driver's door
pocket to change gears but I still look out the window for the internal rear
vision mirror (fortunately there's another mirror out there)! However I'm
now past turning the windscreen wipers on to signal a turn. No doubt my
brain will take a similar time to reprogram back in Australia!
>
> I guess it's a bit easier in a tram - I think most manufacturers now would
not do anything to differentiate a left-running from a right-running tram.
>
> cheers
> Tony P
> (now reprogrammed to drive at a minimum speed of 120 km/h and watch the
mirror for cars coming up behind at 220 while motorwaying in Germany)
>