Video Test

[Andre]

the arrows on the road are there to try and remind Europeans who drive in the right to drive on the left while over here as there were lots of accidents over the years when they forget which side to drive on to busy looking at everything else  they relax and drift over to the right hand side of the road.

I would love to ride there, but honestly I am way to concerned (scared) to do the left-side riding thing.

[Red Biker]

I know what you mean Andre, I was alittle concerned when I rode to Cologne last year, but honestly after half a day you get used to it no problem.

Red

[Andre]

Red, I talked about this with Seth who frequently comes to the continent. His opinion is that it is more natural to ride on the right side. No doubt you get used to it, but the time window till this happens is a critical point for me. Riding on a "lefty" main road wouldn't be that big of an issue until the first junction or town came up. Easily confused, set in his way, old geezer here 

[Red Biker]

I'm leftie as in left handed and footed, I think its easier on a bike than in a car but as Socrates used to say 'wisest is he who knows what he knows' 

Red

[gsxbarmy]

Swapping sides of the road to drive in Europe is not too much of an issue, you soon get used to it, you just have to concentrate a little more at first. What doesn't come so naturally is if something happens - few years back driving a hire car in Spain on business, and noticed a couple of police cars coming down the road behind me at speed with his lights on - so did what one does naturally when you see an emergency vehicle, I pulled into the kerb. Straight in front of them. Yep I pulled into the left, not the right. One went round me the other pulled me up, and although my Spanish is not good, translating what he gesticulated at me, I'm pretty sure what he said was "That was a bit silly sir, please remember to drive on the right when on Spanish roads. Hope you have a nice day". Or something similar  Being one of the national (rather than the local) police, you don't mess or argue with them and I got quite a dressing down probably in Spanish of which I didn't understand one word!

Since then, I've always remembered to drive on the right when in Europe now, no idea why!

[seth]

the marks are mainly for car drivers in hire cars as they are  on holiday in unfamiliar cars,places and a foreign language.
bikes are much easier here and over in Europe. as andra said i much preffer riding over there it seams so much more natural especially roundabouts.

[Andre]

What doesn't come so naturally is if something happens

Having ridden for so long, much is done by "instinct". Hard to override that.

Then there is the right-before-left rule. I assume in your country it's left-before right. Just all to much for me. Never been a timid person at all, until about a dozen years ago all of a sudden I did a 180 degree turn. Can't figure out why. Maybe my guardian angel plastered me with subliminal messages 

Timid-level is not pathological or I wouldn't be still riding