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Lolwhut. Driving a UK car in continental Europe is completely routine, for example.

And vice-versa, used to be a ferry from Stavanger (Norway) to Newcastle for example.

7000 cars-on-trains, 5000 lorries-on-trains and 300 buses every day through the Channel Tunnel.

Plus however many vehicles fit on about 30-40 ro-ro ferries evey day between Britain / Ireland and the rest of Europe.

Not sure if this is missing a /s, but brits regularly cross the channel to europe and vice versa and drive on the opposite side, there's even clever roadworks that swap lanes around the border.

Not to mention several UK territories in the Caribbean that drive on the left but get their left-side cars from the states.

Same as anyone else, just drive. At worst your visibility is a bit less, and depending on the car you may need stick-on lenses, but I'm not sure that a car this old had directional lights yet.

You're kinda saying out loud here that you don't know how cars or driving work.

By driving in the correct lane?

There's nothing that technically requires the driver's side to be on either side to drive safely.

Sweden used to drive on the left before 1967, yet nearly all cars had the driver to the left. Back then there were a lot of drivers who complained that the switch to driving on the right would be unsafe, they felt more comfortable away from the traffic. Presumably their passengers didn't share that opinion.

I'm sure it's just whatever you're used to, but when I imagine using my left hand to shift, it's like using it to write.

I once saw someone take an old right hand drive Mini Cooper through a fast food drive through. That makes it hard to reach.

With extra care when following somebody and attempting an overtake. Getting tickets or paying at toll stations would need some extra work but in their case the passenger would do it. That's all.

You're not forbidden to drive a US car in the UK (Japan, India, Australia, etc.) or viceversa.

I assume they drive their car on whatever lane the country prefers? That is perfectly possible.

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