Ah yes I forgot gears. If you are not used to them it would be odd to drive round England in 1st gear for a week...

It was odd to drive an automatic for a week. But driving a car with a gear lever on the wrong hand is surprisingly easy.

Now the thing I did find really odd was that each time I got in the car I found myself pawing empty air with my left hand trying to find the seat belt. I did that loads of times.

The main thing in cities is to concentrate on not hitting others rather than being bothered whether anyone hits you (generally they won't). Worked in Italy (interesting driving and not for the indecisive), US and London.

For no reason it reminds me of an Australian friend I worked with years ago in London. He is the only person I know to have multiple accidents in the space of about 10yards. Driving a flame orange Plymouth Barracuda round Hammersmith Broadway after an evening out with (it turned out later) brakes that you could see through (hence little ability to stop the car) he managed to hit a taxi, reverse back to 'get out of here' and hit a bus, and then hit the taxi again. When quizzed by the police he gave a false name... All not recommended.