Cars and Driving 12 September 2008

Today was exciting. It was the first time I’ve driven in France which mightn’t be that interesting to anybody but if you see the traffic here and the way people move around you’d know what I mean. Add to that the steering wheel is on the left hand side of the car, the gear stick on the right, indicators on the left hand side – it’s all back to front and you don’t realise how automatic a lot of your driving behaviour is till you have to swap sides of the car and the road. It’s a confidence thing. Sis says that the longer I wait till I drive the bigger a drama it will be. So I just got in and drove – only down to Bram and back but still, it’s better than nought.