I need to check is the vehicles I see at KDCA are from the base sim, or from an addon 3PD like Drzewiecki Design (Poland – a country like most, with Left had Drive, like the USA)
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France is the same as USA. Steering wheel is on the left (Left hand drive), and the car drives on the RIGHT side of the road, so the driver is on the Center of the road size…
So, USA, France, Poland etc are all the same, with the steering wheel on the LEFT, so where do all these MSFS Models come from with steering wheel on the Right hand side.,
Some Prolific UK , Australian or India based 3PD ??
I agree with the Topic Author. I mean if the vehicles are constantly driving on taxiways and into/through my aircraft, at least the position of the steering wheel should be correct.
It’s little details like this or the fact that the sim still does not reflect the change from summer to winter schedule of the New York City Subway System that are annoying. (my pet peeve)
Then again, if we can talk about little things like this, the sim as a whole must be in pretty good shape.
Not mine. I’m in Michigan and the Postal Driver controls the vehicle from the right side, but all of the controls are on the left side. (yes, she drives from the passengers seat)
A little of topic, but does anyone know why some countries drive on the left side of the road. I was once given a reason by a bunch of British guys when we were working together in Germany. It made perfect sense to me.
Most countries that drive on the left have been linked to Britain/UK in one way or another.
Provided that I don’t scolded for going off topic, I will give the reason in a few days.
I heard it was way back in the French/British rivalry beginnings with horse and carts. The Brits had the door on their cart on the left so the French put it on the right, or vice versa. That required them to use different sides of the road to board.
The practice is believed to date back to ancient Rome. Romans steered their carts and chariots with the left hand, to free up the right so they could use weapons to defend against enemy attacks.
This carried over into medieval Europe and in 1773, the British government passed measures to make left-hand traffic the law. But postrevolution France favored the right.
Napoleon was left-handed, and riding on the right proved to be an intimidating military tactic. Britain and France brought their driving styles to their respective colonies. That’s why many former British territories are among the few modern left-hand-traffic countries.
In the US, right-hand traffic goes back to the 18th century. Freight wagons were pulled by teams of horses. and the drivers rode on the left rear horse, using their right hand to more easily control the team. Traffic shifted to the right so drivers could easily avoid collisions.
But NONE of that explains why MSFS seems to have so many Vehicles incorrect !!
Weapons on the right side is indeed the commonly accepted reason for the origin of left hand traffic flow, i.e. passing weapon side to weapon side, but I would argue that there are quite a bit more than a “few” modern left-hand traffic countries (see map in previous post), including significantly Japan, many parts of Africa, India, Australia and New Zealand, and Japan was never a British colony. Some continental European countries were also left hand drive originally but changed to right hand drive over time for compatibility with their neighbouring countries. I blame Napoleon.
