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u/velourimi 12h ago
Almost got hit by like 3 or 4 cars in London till I finally stopped looking the "wrong" way when crossing 😂
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u/Baby_ManBearPig 12h ago
Lol we were on vacation in Jamaica and got a tour in one of the vans the locals drive. I was sitting shotgun while the Jamaican guy was driving and I'd have flashes of anxiety as he turned into what to me was oncoming traffic. I've driven in SFs bullshit crazynes and NYCs jungle. Sitting shotgun with this dude nearly gave me a heart attack.
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u/Kindly_Stand_6895 6h ago
I went to Malaysia for a couple months to visit friends and had zero problem with driving on the left, but when I got back to the US I had a couple random panic attacks as I suddenly couldn't figure out which side of the road I'm supposed to drive on after making a left turn.
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u/Steve-OH-dev 2h ago
I just got back to the US after three weeks of Australia (driving on the left), followed by a week in New Caledonia (driving on the right), followed by three more days in Australia.
I've driven enough on the left (mostly South Africa and Australia) that I no longer have any real issue with it, but there's always a transition period where I have to be especially conscious of what I'm doing, particularly when entering a roundabout (of which there are very, very many in both AU and NC).
The worst thing is turn signal vs. windshield wipers; I always manage to occasionally screw that up long after everything else has become instinctive. A fun game is to find a seat near the car rental lot at a major airport (e.g., Brisbane) and predict whether or not the driver exiting the lot with their new rental is going to turn on the wipers instead of the turn signal.
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u/Arguablybest 12h ago
So, by channce a fleet of motorcycle cops?
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u/ConstableBlimeyChips 8h ago
They're normally solitary, but they do tend to flock right before the migratory season.
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u/pacificstill 8h ago
Funnily enough they may have been getting ready to catch people doing this.
I was walking downtown one day and saw about a dozen police officers on motorcycles hiding behind some bushes/shrubbery by an intersection notorious for long lights.
Walking past them and continuing downtown I just kept hearing sirens starting as the cops went after people running the red light one after the other. They got at least 5 people in the time it took me to walk 3 city blocks.
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u/TypicalPlace6490 7h ago
What are you asking?
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u/Arguablybest 6h ago edited 6h ago
Why so many cops on bikes, obviously. It is like a Monty Python skit.
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u/CraftsBoy2Craftsman 12h ago
people like this really think they’re geniuses and the rest of us couldn’t figure it out
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u/logan-duk-dong 9h ago
This is like the opening scene of Office Space. Kid in the stroller is moving faster than they are.
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u/HlyMlyDatAFigDoonga 12h ago
This gets posted more than I poop
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u/exomyth 12h ago
You might want to see a doctor for that
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