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Originally Posted by AzNMpower32
That's such a bad idea......especially when you're switching to the wrong side of the road. Folks in Britain, Japan, OZ, and NZ need to just get with the game like everyone else.
Random point: I know the Mazda MX-5 my dad drives was designed in Japan because the handbrake is on the righthand side of the centre console  |
You forget South Africa, India, Pakistan, Malaysia etc. The article alludes to 30% globally being on the left side; which will increase as the fastest growing population is India.
Why change? It all works fine, except for those cheap manufacturers that cannot manufacture their cars properly for the right hand drive market; of which BMW is one. I would not buy a 5-series in the U.K. where the wipers are set to a left hand pattern; penny-pinching nonsense on a luxury car. Never noticed the handbrake on my Miata (here in the Sates) being on the wrong side.