Anyone ever come home and accidentally drive on the left?

lazylane · Post by **lazylane** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:28 pm

Yes, my husband does all the driving on STJ and he did it leaving the airport when we got home! And it does it all the time just for fun!! (we live in a very rural area with lots of back roads.....not on the highways!! (At least not yet!!!)

chriscartman · Post by **chriscartman** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:20 pm

Oh yeah, I had problems.
Driving on the left was easy.From the time I left the rental agency I had no problems. Coming back home and driving on the right was another story! I turned onto the road leading up to the college and tried to drive on the left. Imagine my surprise when a car was coming the other way! I wonder what the other driver was thinking? Probably something like "crazy woman driver!" LOL!!!!

mahojim · Post by **mahojim** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 2:36 am

Never really an issue with me.
I tend to drive very slowly, regardless of the side of the road that I'm driving on.
Heck,- I'm on "Island-Time". Thank GOD !
Smiles-
MJ

adsjayhawk · Post by **adsjayhawk** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:37 am

I'm glad I'm not the only one!

After returning from 2 weeks in St John, the whole family went to pick up the dog from the breeder. There I was driving out of the neighborhood, when my wife screams "you're on the left side of the road!" She was right, I was left.

liamsaunt · Post by **liamsaunt** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:03 am

This is something that I do also for a while after coming back from a trip, but it only happens on one road. It is a road that has trees arching over it on both sides, very dimly lit, and no lines. I only do it at night too. Every time I pull out of the train station onto that road I get a kind of vertigo feeling--not sure if I am on the right side.

It's especially weird because I have never driven on St. John! I'm always the designated passenger.

Boston Mike · Post by **Boston Mike** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:24 pm

Is it just me or did anyone else find that driving on the left is actually easier?

minnjim · Post by **minnjim** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 4:05 pm

Didn't drive on the left, but after we picked up our car and got on the freeway, we thought holy s***, are these roads WIDE!!

nothintolose · Post by **nothintolose** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:21 pm

Dang it if I didn't do it yesterday! I haven't been on STJ since last summer, and like I said in an earlier post, I never drive on STJ.

mahojim · Post by **mahojim** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:08 am

It's actually a little more terrifying when they drive on the "right",or "on the center line" while on island.
I'm usually in the passenger seat when this happens.
Horrifying. Everyone in the car seems to freak out- oncoming cars, or not.
I almost lost my right arm to a taxi when the person who was driving our Jeep insisted on hugging the center line coming over,around, down, and into town from Jacobs Ladder.
The taxi took off our (my) passenger side rearview mirror.
Needless to say, I'm scarred.
Talk about a "pleasant drive to the beach" being constantly second guessed!
While at home, I must admit, sometimes I wish i was the mail-man, so I had the option of which side to drive on!
Smiles-
MJ

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