I know it's an island, and it has tunnels connecting it to the rest of Europe, at some point there must be a swtich. Is there somewhere where I can see pictures of this point, how do they swtich lanes?
2006-07-11 08:29:02 · 6 answers · asked by Document Guy 2 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Other - United Kingdom
There is only one tunnel, and cars do not drive through it. If you want to take your car through it, it gets loaded onto a train, and you ride the train through. This is called the Euro Tunnel Shuttle Service (see source link). When you get to the other side, they unload your car, and voila, you're on the correct side of the road!
2006-07-11 08:35:08 · answer #1 · answered by bazzmc 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Ah, I love the English sense of humor.
Yes, even with an 'atlas' AND a 'brain', you might correctly figure that somewhere in the world, there is a border crossing between a 'drive left' nation and a 'drive right' nation. While your atlas might tell you that the nation of which England is a component part (the United Kingdom) does share a land border with another nation (Ireland), the Irish also drive on the left hand side of the road, so you will not get the answer you are looking for there.
However, there are countries that share land borders that drive on different sides of the road. Some of these borders include Pakistan/Afghanistan (don't try to visit this border yourself to check it out), Pakistan/China, and Hong Kong/China.
At some of these borders, you dirve through a border 'parking lot' after clearing customs. In others, there's simply a sign that says 'switch'.
You can read more about this, including what happens with trains and other forms of traffic, and a map of the world that is color-coded by the side of the road on which traffic flows, at
http://www.brianlucas.ca/roadside/
2006-07-12 03:12:57 · answer #2 · answered by LA_kinda_guy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Further to other answers, if you take your car from England to a country that drives on the right the only connections are via a car ferry or the Channel Tunnel. At the tunnel crossing you drive your car into a train carriage which is then transported the 35 minutes under the sea and to apoint behind Calais where you drive it off onto a single track road that merges into a French motorway on the right side. And the opposite happens on ones return.
2006-07-12 05:54:00 · answer #3 · answered by Pontac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England is an Island. All of the British Isles drive on the right side of the road, and connecting via automobile is done by the auto train under the Chunnel or via ferry. As far as I know, there are no direct streets from England to any non-British Isle's country.
2006-07-11 15:33:58 · answer #4 · answered by Liam 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
England does not share a land border with Ireland. You have to take a ferry or aeroplane. England shares land borders with Scotland and Wales, and we all drive on the left.
As others have said, you can "drive" to France, having loaded your car to go through the Chunnel, then you have to switch sides and keep alert until you get used to it! (And vice-versa.)
2006-07-12 09:32:40 · answer #5 · answered by Sybaris 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contrary to one of your previous answers, we drive on the left in Britain. However he is correct in saying we are an island.
Are you American, dare I ask? Do you not have a map of the world also known as an Atlas?
A brain is also useful.
2006-07-11 15:39:24 · answer #6 · answered by Phil D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋