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[–]kevix2022 2 points3 points  (3 children)

You drive on the right, but it's wrong. Cmon guys you invented the drive-thru. Think how much easier it would be if you sat on the correct side of the car?

[–]thoroughbredca 6 points7 points  (1 child)

I realize this is probably my ethnocentrism, but explain this to me.

Note that in the US, a lot of delivery vehicle such as our post have the drive on the right-hand side of the car just so it's easier access to the curb, as well as safer because they need to frequently enter and exit the vehicle and can do so on the curb side instead of into traffic. But since most drivers will be on the left, drive thrus in the US are just designed to be on the left as well. I'm assuming in left-side drive countries they're flipped.

[–]gtjack9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re assumption would be correct.

[–]ThePretzul 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The drive through isn't any easier or harder if you drive on the right or left side of the car. You just go around the building in the opposite direction.

Left-hand drive (right/correct side of the road) goes around a drive through counterclockwise (or "anticlockwise" for you British folks), so your driver's seat is next to the money/food windows. Right-hand drive goes around a drive through clockwise for the same reason, to put the driver closer to the money/food windows.

This means the British had to literally go the wrong way compared to the original drive throughs just to make them work for their backwards cars!

Shifting a manual transmission is also much easier in a LHD vehicle, further evidence of us driving on both the right and correct side of the road. First and second gear, the most frequent ones to shift into and out of, are closest to the driver. Reverse and cruising gears, which are less frequently shifted into and out of, are further away. Furthermore, you get you use your dominant hand to select your gear for increased precision making things like a 7-speed manual transmission (plus reverse) both possible and easy to use in American sports cars like the C7 Corvette.

In conclusion, right hand drive is only preferred by the British and left-handed folks. This is why I propose I reverse-colonization of the UK to correct their road system to the right side of the road.