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Old 05-16-2021, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by juddfl View Post
In Ireland, they drive the opposite direction than what we do on a round-about. I was driving in Ireland and I had to be extremely careful to remember to go the opposite way than what we do here. My husband and I saw someone going the wrong way here and figured they were from Europe. We just let them go around the wrong way as there was no traffic at that time. Remember people from Europe drive on the other side of the road than what we do. I agree that the person might not be drunk, but confused.
People in Europe drive on the very same side of the road that we do.

UK, Ireland, Australia, St Thomas, and most all British protectorates except Gibraltar drive on the opposite side from us.