I always wondered if this ever mattered at all to left-handed people. Like would it matter? Would you feel more confident about driving?

I know they also drive on different sides/lanes in some countries compared to the US where they drive on the right and wheel is on the left seat.

Would it impact you? Would you feel better with wheel on right side, driving right side while being left-handed or does it change when you have to drive on the left side as well?

This is assuming you are primarily left-handed but would also be curious if right-handed folk feel like driving on one side is easier/better than the other. I feel like I’d be very dyslexic if having to switch and drive on the other side I’m not normally driving in.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialEnglish
    41·
    12 days ago

    It’s a wheel so it would feel the same to your hands, but different to your sense of space since now you’re in a totally different position than you’re familiar with.

    The same could be said for right-handed people in the US driving a car in the UK, on the opposite side of the vehicle and the opposite side of the road than what they are used to.

    • starlinguk@lemmy.world
      31·
      12 days ago

      You’re not in a different position, because you’re driving on the other side of the road. You’d be in different position if you had to drive on the same side.

      I’ve done 30 years right handed and 15 left handed. Doesn’t make a difference. You just grab the wrong side for the clutch/gear stick) for the first 10 minutes after swapping.

    • seathru@quokk.auEnglish
      1·
      12 days ago

      The same could be said for right-handed people in the US driving a car in the UK, on the opposite side of the vehicle and the opposite side of the road than what they are used to.

      And then there is the USVI’s “left hand side (euro style) driving in right hand drive(US style) cars”.