> You might think so but it is not the case. IIRC the hand controls on the
> steering column are the same too (as far as there is a standard between
> models).

Yeh, cars have all the controls in the same place on both left/right drive, 
apart from the gear lever and handbrake, which obviously you have to use 
with your opposite hand.  I drove right drive for about 6 years, and since 
then left drive for 4 years, to be honest the only difference is that as a 
right-handed person I prefer to keep my right hand on the steering wheel 
while being lazy and leaving my left hand on the gear stick.

The funniest part of often switching sides is when you get in the passenger 
side by mistake, or hit your hand into the door while trying to reach for 
the gear stick :-)  Not so funny when you pull into the path of an oncoming 
truck by mistake...

> On motorbikes though the gear change and back brake foot pedal
> (were/are?) on the other side from Japanese bikes.

Yeh, certainly on pedal bikes too the front/rear brakes are on opposite 
sides, again can be pretty dangerous if your instinct is to yank the wrong 
one...

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