Re: OT: travel to Western Ireland

m&m wrote:
My friend is handling the car rental; he has hope at getting me an
automatic, although I can drive a standard; I had asked the ladies at
my local stitching group if they knew if the pedals were orientated
"backwards"; they thought no, but I'm glad you've warned me otherwise
T.M.! Hopefully, car rental agencies over there somehow mark the car
so locals know to give clear berth to tourists!! Oh well, I'll just go
VERY s-l-o-w-l-y!

Are you sure the pedals are reversed? In the UK our right-hand drive cars have the accelerator pedal on the right, the brake pedal in the centre and the clutch pedal on the left; for automatics the accelerator pedal is on the right and the (wide) brake pedal is on the left.
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
<www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont>
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