[PRCo] Re: new PCC?

[Fred Schneider]

Certainly.   Just like I've gotten used to driving on the left side  
of the road in the United Kingdom and Ireland.   I've done it so much  
that I simply sit down, reach down with the left hand, put the  
shifter into gear, glance to the right into the mirror and pull into  
traffic.   But that doesn't say you won't make a mistake when you let  
the guard down.


On Oct 26, 2005, at 11:33 PM, Mark McGuire wrote:

>   You DO get used to it Fred. I drive a US Mail vehicle with the
> steering wheel on the right side. Not like driving in some countries
> where steering wheel is on right and drive on left side of road.
> My steering wheel is on the right and I drive on the right.
>   I'll never forget my first day training in a postal vehicle. Had to
> navigate through cones on both sides at a steady speed. I knocked
> just about every cone on the left side over. Now, after 18 years I  
> don't even think about it.
>
>                     Mark
>
> P.S.-  We have pot lid mirrors on the fronts of our vehicles. Lets
> you see directly in front. Have them on back too and it helps
> tremendously when backing, although we're supposed to avoid backing
> unless absolutely necessary.
>