[Bobalu]

What's odd is that when in a country where they drive on the "wrong" side of the road people also tend to use the same pattern in shops and on the sidewalks.

In the US we tend to stay to the right when going down a supermarket isle or walking on the sidewalk... it's just the opposite somewhere like Britain.

Push your grocery trolley down the right side of the supermarket isle in London and you will cause a pile up :-)

[Jemian]

It’s really not that difficult to switch. When driving, just make sure the driver is toward the middle of the road and the passengers are on the side of the road.

I make the switch frequently. I am a US citizen and I work in Indonesia. The only problems occur is when there is no other traffic on the road.

You should see my kids though when I drive on the left in the US. They really hollar at me, “MOM GET OVER YOU’RE IN THE MIDDLE!!!!” Me: “NO ONE ELSE IS AROUND. WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL?” I try to do that at least once when I’m in the states.

[Kickass Conservative]

I think I read here on FR that we drive on the Right because the Brits drove on the Left.

It started with Horse Drawn Wagons in the Cities after the Revolutionary War.

I cannot imagine driving a Stick and shifting with my Left Hand. As far as I’m concerned, it’s against Nature. LOL

[pigsmith]

"What's odd is that when in a country where they drive on the "wrong" side of the road people also tend to use the same pattern in shops and on the sidewalks.

In the US we tend to stay to the right when going down a supermarket isle or walking on the sidewalk... it's just the opposite somewhere like Britain."

When I push my cart down the left side of the aisle I often get a very annoyed glare from the greatly inconvenienced person coming the other way.

[rlmorel]

I think that is perfectly natural, a convention.

In the Navy: “General Quarters, General Quarters! All hands man your battle stations. Up and forward to starboard, down and aft to port...”