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I've just had a telephone call from these people...

http://www.lanecheck.com

... who are just starting to sell a sticker intended to remind drivers travelling in other-side-of-the-road countries about the correct side to drive on.

Initially I really like it. Thoughts?

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Paul Smith
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Wouldn't do any harm! They could make them double-sided so one sticker would suit both options! (obviously that might also defeat the object)! They need to get in with a company making headlight beam deflectors - the two go hand-in-hand both from a manufacturing point of view and an application point of view.

I like, it doesn't obscure vision and can be checked with a quick glance !!

Nice idea. A friend of mine travels to France to see the in-laws and has a sticker on the dash with "Keep Right" written on it.

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Good for hire cars!

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hmm yes not bad....

A few years back my boss at the time wrote off his hire car in germany on a single carraigeway road as he was on the wrong side.

My friend did used to drive with a post it to remind him (i've done the same when i've had a bike on the roof before now!).

I've only had one wrong side incident when abroad which was recently, on unfamilar roads, very light traffic, in the fog. The road narrowed at roadworks and i instictively picked up the wrong lane on the way out, went the wrong side of an island before seeing oncoming headlights in the fog and realising. A bit close for my liking.
I had felt that driving a a LHD helped but I'm now so used to driving them over here my brain is pretty much driving ambidextrous!
Usually the biggest danger time for me in a hire car abroad is when exiting the car park (all arrowed & one way) at the airport.

Not sure if the sticker would have helped when I was already disorientated by the roadworks & weather.

Similarly I was passenger with a colleague driving in sweden when we had to negogiate a roundabout in the wrong direction due to a jacknifed lorry, on leaving the roundabout via one of it's entries he stayed on the wrong side. I was amazed how quickly his brain had adapted to being back on that side of the road.

It's clear and simple and presumeably quite cheap so gets my thumbs up, stll fallible but I'm not sure what else you could do (without resorting to technology).

Thank you for your feed back. It was an initial thought to double side the sticker. Due to them being transparent the tick would appear backward. So Lane Check provides 2 stickers in a pack.

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Liz Taylor
www.lanecheck.com
liztaylor@lanecheck.com

Driving on the wrong side of the road when Overseas - Lane Check can help you correct yourself if you have that moment of doubt.

Thank you for your feed back. Your right a quick glance is all it needs to eliminate that moment of doubt.

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Liz Taylor
www.lanecheck.com
liztaylor@lanecheck.com

Driving on the wrong side of the road when Overseas - Lane Check can help you correct yourself if you have that moment of doubt.

Your right. One of the worlds leaders in Car Hire loves the idea and is in discussion with us regarding Lane Check.

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Liz Taylor
www.lanecheck.com
liztaylor@lanecheck.com

Driving on the wrong side of the road when Overseas - Lane Check can help you correct yourself if you have that moment of doubt.

It's amazing how many stories I've heard from people of similiar cases. The sad ones are not easy to to be told of.

Thanks for the thumbs up.

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Liz Taylor
www.lanecheck.com
liztaylor@lanecheck.com

Driving on the wrong side of the road when Overseas - Lane Check can help you correct yourself if you have that moment of doubt.

Shouldn't we have a different one fitted as standard on all British cars to indicate/remind drivers that they shoud be on the inside lane where there is room?

I forget who's signature says don't be a middle lane moron but I just saw a million of them comming up the M40 from Aylesbury, and outer-lane morons too. Tons of them in fact.

BTW, what the is wrong with drivers on that route? 80+ mph and all about 20ft off each others arses in the outside lane - seriously!

The gap was easily <0.5 second between them.

Oh and yes, I think the other country sticker is a good idea although I've never had a problem myself.

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You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.

I like it - and in view of the French system of using the town or village sign to delineate speed limits, then a simple addition to the pack could remind the driver of those limits.

I notice beam deflectors and bulb kits (compulsory in some countries) are very expensive in the port of departure compared to elsewhere, so perhaps they should sell the whole package online... unless they do a deal with a ferry company!

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Time to take responsibility for our actions.. and don't be afraid of speaking out!

I think it's a great idea. I like Mole's idea of bundling them with the headlight deflectors.

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How about a sticker with arrows:


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And of course on the continent we'd be dead grateful.

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Paul Smith
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How about bundling the upcoming final version of this with it too?
A bit more publicity couldn't hurt

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How much of a problem is it? I've been living and driving around Poole, which is a fairly major port, for quite a while and have only had one issue which was a bit of a stand off between myself and a lorry. Driving in France I only remember getting on to the wrong side once, and that was after driving down a small lane with noone else about.
I'm sure the sticker would be useful for some people but I'm wondering if it is a bigger problem than I have realised?

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Andrew.

Can't really see a downside to these

It quite likely is!

I know of people who wont drive on the continent for fear of crossing over at some point. It's never worried me, but you can see others leaving the ferry who take time adjusting - positioning on the road being the biggest clue!
Now we just need somebody to come up with an aid to overtaking - like a "front view" wing mirror, where you could look across and can see past the vehicle in front.
Anybody had to rely on a partner/passenger to report on the road ahead from the passenger seat? You need to know each other very well!!

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Time to take responsibility for our actions.. and don't be afraid of speaking out!

Yeah, I think that's a critically important point.

So many of the road safety devices and initiatives that we have considered have 'negative side effects' that may well be bigger than the benefit.

I can't really see a downside either.

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Paul Smith
Our scrap speed cameras petition got over 28,000 sigs
The Safe Speed campaign demands a return to intelligent road safety

one of my colleagues fitted drilled a small hole in the left hand wing mirror cover and fitted a small camera behind (think maplin) and then wired it to his pda on the dash. geektastic.