As I live in the UK, I am used to driving on the left. For a long time, I considered anybody who thought that was not a good idea to be silly. However, I may have changed my mind.

I little while ago, I travelled to France, and I hired a car for the week. I was a little worried that I would struggle to get used to driving on the other side of the road. Junctions such as roundabouts and cross roads did require a little thought to make sure I understood who has priority. Within a very short period, it felt very natural.

Initially, I assumed that I adapted because I am obviously very clever. 🙂 When I returned to the UK, I received a bit of a rude awakening. I found it much harder to get used to driving on the left again than I did to driving on the right. That was a shock to me, and first made me think that driving on the right is possibly more natural for a right handed person.

More recently, I have been riding my bicycle a lot more. Now, as we are in the UK, when I approach another bicycle on a cycle path, I will always stay to the left hand side, as for roads as it is good to be consistent. What surprises me is that so many other cyclists will automatically try and sty to the right. Why? With no defined law on an un-marked cycle way, people make up there own judgement, and it seems to me that most would want to stick to the right.

Which is best? Driving on the left or the right? Should the UK switch? Would it even be possible to switch?