2006-10-03 05:43:57 · 17 answers · asked by Fun and Games 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
No, it's all a learned action. For example, when I moved overseas, everything on my car was backwards...I had to learn to shift with the left hand, use turn signals on the other side, etc.
It took a couple of days to learn.
The funny thing is now...years later....especially when I'm tired, I still hit the windshield wipers instead of the turn signal.
2006-10-03 05:47:21 · answer #1 · answered by pknutson_sws 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For years and years, all cars were stick shift. Cars made in England, or those to be shipped to England had the steering wheel on the right side and the shift lever on the left side of the driver. It was not a problem for all those years.
As transportation officer in Military Government of Germany after the war, I drove many English made cars, and had no problem with shifting with my left hand .
2006-10-03 05:58:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would venture to say that they adjust. Look at England. Do the right handed people have trouble driving a stick shift car?????
2006-10-03 05:47:05 · answer #3 · answered by voandginger 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so, once you learn you will love to drive stick shift cars,if you are left hand or not is not a problem.
2006-10-03 05:52:27 · answer #4 · answered by brunette 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't have any trouble and own a 5 speed Nissan 4x4 truck and 5 speed Neon. My daughter is also a lefty that I'll teach how to drive stick in the Nissan.
2006-10-04 09:28:33 · answer #5 · answered by bferg 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
I'm right handed, but when I lived in Japan, I drove on the opposite side of the road with the stick on the other side. It only took me a couple of days to get used to the change.
2006-10-03 05:46:11 · answer #6 · answered by Privratnik 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My Dad is left handed and he drives a 13 speed semi....No 8-)
2006-10-03 05:45:49 · answer #7 · answered by Jordan-CMU 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
None at all.
In fact you could almost argue its easier for us, since our dominant hand is staying on the steering wheel, which requires more precision than moving the shift knob
2006-10-03 05:54:52 · answer #8 · answered by PoliPino 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oddly enough, no.
My biggest pet peeve is measuring cups where if you hold it in your right hand you see 1/2 cup but in your left you see the metric b.s.
2006-10-03 05:51:43 · answer #9 · answered by Zelda 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no i dont learned to drive stick at age 8 been driving one ever since
2006-10-03 06:11:31 · answer #10 · answered by fife4life 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋