What Side of the Road do you drive on?

[puzzler995]

I am hosting this poll to find out what side of the road a majority of users drive on, the majority being implemented in the game La Vida (http://la-vida-game.co.uk).
Thank you for your participation!
Puzzler995

[Phrea]

I don't have a car, or a license, but here in Holland, we drive on the right.

[fatality_uk]

No need to create a poll to promote your game!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-_and_left-hand_traffic

[Phrea]

No need to create a poll to promote your game!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-_and_left-hand_traffic

Ah, it's kinda sweet. :P

[cprofitt]

No need to create a poll to promote your game!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-_and_left-hand_traffic

While you might be correct that he is promoting his game... I think it is a bit harsh to make the accusation because it makes the worse possible assumption about his motives.

[puzzler995]

While you might be correct that he is promoting his game... I think it is a bit harsh to make the accusation because it makes the worse possible assumption about his motives.

Exactly, this is simply a poll to help the developers. I didn't think of it as advertisement or promoting. :p

[fatality_uk]

Too be honest, was lighted hearted poke. Wasn't making "accusations"

Maybe I should add a smiley to every post in future :)

[chiliman]

this side of the road :arrow:

[cprofitt]

Too be honest, was lighted hearted poke. Wasn't making "accusations"

Maybe I should add a smiley to every post in future :)


Smiles help.

It was likely you were just cranky about driving on the wrong side of the road. :D

[elliotn]

Keep left pass right

[chrisjsmith]

On the correct side of the road wherever I am.

[matt-fender]

Here in te UK we drive on the left, as a motorcyclist i tend to drive a bit of both :lolflag:

[BlackWidow.]

I drive on the right, I live in Holland.

[amauk]

Here in te UK we drive on the left, as a motorcyclist i tend to drive a bit of both :lolflag:
so that was you
bastard!

[puzzler995]

so that was you
bastard!

:lolflag:

[sydbat]

Where's the "Middle" option??

[JDShu]

Where's the "Middle" option??

I hope I don't drive in the same town as you :o

[squilookle]

A friend of mine went to a country where they drove in the middle, but I can't remember where it was. Maybe Poland.

I live in the UK and we drive on the correct side of the road.

[KIAaze]

Make it an ingame option. :)

And why is there no "off-road" or "over/under the road" option. :P

"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads."

La vida in the future! :D

[puzzler995]

Make it an ingame option. :)
Maybe in the future, but this will be the original option

[Paqman]

I drive on the correct side for whatever country i'm in. Except when entering roundabouts or occasionally when turning the corner, where I sometimes freestyle inadvertently.

[yabbadabbadont]

You left out the "Other" option. :D

(I take my half out of the middle... :twisted:)

[puzzler995]

You left out the "Other" option. :D

(I take my half out of the middle... :twisted:)

What other sides are there? :confused:

[hellmet]

I didn't vote because you do not have a third option - Both. Indians do not have a 'side' of the road. You aim your vehicle in the next visible road space.

[sydbat]

You left out the "Other" option. :D

(I take my half out of the middle... :twisted:)Hmmm...this sounds like recycled (really bad) humour - http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9514133&postcount=16

[lisati]

I walk on the footpath. Which side of the road it's on depends on which way I'm heading.

[yabbadabbadont]

Hmmm...this sounds like recycled (really bad) humour - http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9514133&postcount=16

I posted before reading all the replies. Get over it. :P :D

[Swagman]

Keep death off the roads

Drive on the footpath/sidewalk

[matt-fender]

so that was you
bastard!

):P:lolflag:

[witeshark17]

The right side, unless I'm in the Bahamas...

[lostinxlation]

You should make the poll with Right side vs Wrong side.

[Penguin Guy]

Where's the "don't know" option?

[tadcan]

Its all Napoleon's fault!

http://users.telenet.be/worldstandards/driving%20on%20the%20left.htm

Ok thats an oversimplification:lolflag:

[JDShu]

I didn't vote because you do not have a third option - Both. Indians do not have a 'side' of the road. You aim your vehicle in the next visible road space.

I hear that over there, truck drivers are always trying to pass when going up mountains and end up rolling down the cliff to their doom.

[ubunterooster]

Where's the "don't know" option?
Took a while to remember; I don't drive personally, others drive for me

[Viva]

Left is the natural choice.

[cartman640]

Left hand side here.

[hellmet]

I hear that over there, truck drivers are always trying to pass when going up mountains and end up rolling down the cliff to their doom.
Not just truckers, almost everyone on the road drive like that. I follow rules and end up being honked at and pushed about on the road. Last year, 85,000 people died in road accidents in India. It's like we're trying to cover up for the excess population.

[chessnerd]

I drive on the right side of the road.

I look forward to what becomes of La Vida, however, the Sims is not a simple game. I don't think an open source project will be able to produce something anywhere near as good as Will Wright's greatest creation.

Please prove me wrong. ):P

[Lucradia]

I hate driving, so I walk or take the bus.

[Kdar]

Its all Napoleon's fault!

http://users.telenet.be/worldstandards/driving%20on%20the%20left.htm

Ok thats an oversimplification:lolflag:


“Visitors are informed that in the United Kingdom traffic drives on the left-hand side of the road. In the interests of safety, you are advised to practise this in your country of origin for a week or two before driving in the UK.”

Nice one :)

[MechaMechanism]

The side with the old ladies walking. I'm in the 20th annual Transcontinental Road Race. :twisted:

[wilee-nilee]

Bike lane on the right.

[ScaroDj]

On the correct side of the road wherever I am.

I second the motion. I know I always ask for too much, but, in time, it should be adjusted with the locale of the system.


I look forward to what becomes of La Vida, however, the Sims is not a simple game. I don't think an open source project will be able to produce something anywhere near as good as Will Wright's greatest creation.

Please prove me wrong. ):P

The project is just for having fun and learning, I think. I agree though, it would be great to, at least, get near in quality and hopefully, a different approach.

[ScaroDj]

By the way, Mr. puzzler, I didn't find anyone in IRC so http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7IVq-z2dQI

[chessnerd]

The project is just for having fun and learning, I think. I agree though, it would be great to, at least, get near in quality and hopefully, a different approach.

Linux was done as a project "just for fun" as well (in fact, Just for Fun is the title of Linus Torvald's autobiography) and look what became of it. 20 years later, and I, a Joe Shmoe Nobody from Michigan, am using it.

Interesting things can happen with projects that were started "just for fun." I hope that this project turns out to be one of the good ones.

[MaxIBoy]

As a driver in the US, I drive on the right.

I actually think that the people in the UK made the better decision when they chose to drive on the left side of the road. However, they then completely ruined it by putting the drivers' seat on the wrong side, making it just as annoying to exit the car after parallel-parking over there as it is in this country.

[cartman640]

The driver's seat should be closest to the middle of the road, as it allows for the best visibility of the whole road. This is immediately apparent when you drive a car that has the steering wheel on the wrong side. Here in New Zealand we drive on the left, so the driver is on the right hand side of the car. We also own a Ford Mustang which has been imported from the USA, so the driver is on the left, and I can say from experience that it's not easy to drive, especially around traffic because it's impossible to see beyond the car immediately in front.

I have to say though, getting out after parallel parking is much easier, can just step out straight onto the footpath.

[Iksf]

Left because its proven to be better and safer :D

[HermanAB]

I drive a Jeep. What is this 'road' thing you guys keep talking about?

[cascade9]

Technically, I spose I should drive on the left...but since I dont drive a car, I ride (bus or bike) wherever I feel like.


The driver's seat should be closest to the middle of the road, as it allows for the best visibility of the whole road. This is immediately apparent when you drive a car that has the steering wheel on the wrong side. Here in New Zealand we drive on the left, so the driver is on the right hand side of the car. We also own a Ford Mustang which has been imported from the USA, so the driver is on the left, and I can say from experience that it's not easy to drive, especially around traffic because it's impossible to see beyond the car immediately in front.

Only 1 car I know of has a setup like that, and its just a touch to expensive for most of us humans.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Orange_McLaren_F1_interior.jpg/800px-Orange_McLaren_F1_interior.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_F1

3 seats....to many choices!

[ken_do_san]

The right side of the road, on the left ;)

[dlanger]

Technically, I spose I should drive on the left...but since I dont drive a car, I ride (bus or bike) wherever I feel like.



Only 1 car I know of has a setup like that, and its just a touch to expensive for most of us humans.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Orange_McLaren_F1_interior.jpg/800px-Orange_McLaren_F1_interior.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_F1

3 seats....to many choices!\
beautiful car.....

[dlanger]

The right side of the road, on the left ;)
Ken_do_san I hate you sooo tempting:P the whole sudo rm -rf sounds evil

[jwbrase]

Only 1 car I know of has a setup like that, and its just a touch to expensive for most of us humans.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Orange_McLaren_F1_interior.jpg/800px-Orange_McLaren_F1_interior.jpg


The drivers seat should be closest to the middle of the *road*, not to the middle of the car.

(Thus on the left in right-handed countries, and on the left in right driving countries.)

Anyways, as for me, I drive on the underside of the road.

[The Real Dave]

Here in Ireland, I drive a righthand-drive car on the left hand side :)

[tjwoosta]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Orange_McLaren_F1_interior.jpg/800px-Orange_McLaren_F1_interior.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_F1

3 seats....to many choices!

That looks like an incredible pain in the *** to climb in and out of.

[Off Topic]

Depends, one jeep the steering wheel is on the left the other jeep the steering wheel is on the right. Ild make a depends on how much Ive had to drink joke but I have no idea how well drinking and driving humor goes over here so Ill leave it the imagination.

[danbishop]

Would it be too difficult to let the user choose which side? :)

[forrestcupp]

Right? Left? This is a political thread, isn't it? ;)

Where's the option for "I drive on the left side, but I'm supposed to drive on the right side"?

[Viva]

Is there any scientific argument for driving on the right instead of left?

[RiceMonster]

Is there any scientific argument for driving on the right instead of left?

Is there any scientific argument for driving on the left instead of right?

[KegHead]

Right.

My wife was in Ireland recently and refused to drive on the left.

KegHead

[prodigy_]

I've never had a car so I can't drive at all. Unless it's a bike.

[Mickeysofine1972]

I drive on the right side of the road.

I look forward to what becomes of La Vida, however, the Sims is not a simple game. I don't think an open source project will be able to produce something anywhere near as good as Will Wright's greatest creation.

Please prove me wrong. ):P

We full intend to :D

Mike

[WorfSOM]

Left for me. :)

[Swagman]

Is there any scientific argument for driving on the right instead of left?

Yes.

Most people are right hand dominant so in a head on collision they would yank the wheel right and ... run off the road ( But technically both drivers would have been wiped out) SO the wreckage is nicely off the highway enabling everyone else to pass easily !!

In the uk (left side of the road.. Steering wheel on the right) in the same scenario you wipe out the front seat passengers in both colliding vehicles.

So follow the most basic rule of the road

Don't hit anything !!

[KoRnKloWn]

No need to create a poll to promote your game!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-_and_left-hand_traffic

But the vote is also a great way to get fans, interacting with the community a great way to get people to want to try the game. Interaction with fans is actually becoming a huge part of modern digital marketing, Trent Reznor is a perfect example of this, so just keep the vote, and put on MORE votes in the future!

[uRock]

Necromancy

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