South Africa Auto Travel

The driver sits on the right of the car. The pedals are the same as in
an American car (from left to right: Clutch,brake, accelerator) so
there's no difference.

The gear lever (do you call them floor-shifts?) is to the left of the
driver and the pattern is the same as an American car. (1st gear is
left and up, 2nd is below that, 3rd is in the middle and up, 4th is
below that. 5th is to the right and up. Reverse is usually either to
the far right and down, or to the extreme left (past 1st) and up.

Automatic cars are exactly the same as American cars

The only difference is the driving position. Oh, and the side of the
road that you should use, of course

BTW, the turn signal lever and the horn, windscreen washer controls
etc. are exactly the same as the left-hand-drive vesrion of whatever
car you are driving.

You'll get used to driving on the correct side of the road quite
quickly.

Regards,
Marc

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:21:21 -0000, rwclark2007.DeleteThis@gmail.com wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>I understand about the British legacy of right side driver controls,
>at least as far as the steering wheel goes. For a standard
>transmission, how are the gear patterns set? How are the foot pedals
>set?