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RHD / LHD - wich is wich?
xico_ze54 - 14/2/07 at 08:40 PM

not yet know the right means of RHD / LHD.
for instance: Left Han Drive means the position of the car's side that has the steering wheel or the side of the road the car uses?


oliwb - 14/2/07 at 08:41 PM

steering wheel not side of the road.


David Jenkins - 14/2/07 at 08:41 PM

It's where the driver is in the car

LHD - left-hand drive (wheel on the left - the car is driven on the right side of the road)

RHD - right-hand drive (wheel on the right - the car is driven on the left side of the road)

Does that help?

[Edited on 14/2/07 by David Jenkins]


smart51 - 14/2/07 at 08:43 PM

Right hand drive, the driver sits on the right hand side of the car

Left hand drive, the driver sits on the left hand side of the car.


xico_ze54 - 14/2/07 at 08:51 PM

many thanks.
a different comment I heard made me some confusion


BenB - 14/2/07 at 09:35 PM

Or left hand drive is when you give your mum a lift and though you do the steering she does tells you what to do

"Mind that bus!"
"watch out for that tree"

any my mum doesn't even drive!!!


macnab - 14/2/07 at 09:52 PM

and by the sounds off it just aswell


tks - 15/2/07 at 09:55 AM

how would the MC Claren F1 be called then??

(you sit in the middle there)??

MHD??

Tks


smart51 - 15/2/07 at 10:12 AM

It depends which side of the driver the handbrake and gear lever are, or which side the door is if there is only one seat

quote:
Originally posted by tks
how would the MC Claren F1 be called then??

(you sit in the middle there)??

MHD??

Tks


Dazza - 15/2/07 at 01:31 PM

, to confuse a little..... NS and OS, near side and Off side, are not the same side when you are in france compared to the UK......... theres a thought when ordering bits online from a foreign dealer!!!!


DarrenW - 15/2/07 at 02:04 PM

Its a very valid question if you are looking at building your car - you wouldnt want to get it wrong would you.


t.j. - 15/2/07 at 08:21 PM

left hand is where your tumb is on the right.

If your standing in front of your car, the left is the right-side which is at the right right-side if you are sitting on the right side seat.

ok?

LHD is for normal people

RHD is for the English


David Jenkins - 15/2/07 at 08:26 PM

quote:
Originally posted by t.j.

RHD is for the English


And the Welsh, Scots and Irish (north and south). Oh, and the Japanese, Australians and probably a few others as well.


DarrenW - 15/2/07 at 10:13 PM

quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
quote:
Originally posted by t.j.

RHD is for the English


And the Welsh, Scots and Irish (north and south). Oh, and the Japanese, Australians and probably a few others as well.




and Hong Kongese


DarrenW - 15/2/07 at 10:15 PM

If we drive RHD cars over here does that mean we should only use the right hand?
If so why is it such a crime to use a phone with the left hand?