Where do you change from driving on the right/left side when you drive from England to France and vice versa? I mean it must be lots of trouble driving through the tunnel otherwise!
2007-03-13 00:55:10 · 7 answers · asked by MeMyselfAndI 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
You can't drive through the tunnel.
It is a rail tunnel. Cars, trucks, etc. are carried through the tunnel in shuttle trains. The roads at the terminals at each end are mostly one-way, so you leave the UK road system when you drive into the UK terminal area, and enter the French roads system as you leave the French terminal area.
At each end, as you leave the terminal, the lanes guide you on to the correct side of the road.
2007-03-13 01:02:01 · answer #1 · answered by Neil 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You can't drive from England to France, you have to shuttle the car accross the Channel by train or ferry.
In England you drive on the left, and France, on the right. The car is effectively parked during the changeover.
I know that in England, there are many signs in many languages reminding you which side of the road you should be on when leaving the port or station.
2007-03-13 01:06:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The question of LH or RH drive keeps being asked and the answer is simple. We started it by driving on the left and France and America did not want to follow suit so they went and started driving on the right. Half the world does one and half the other.
The tunnel under the ENGLISH Channel is a rail tunnel so the question of conflict does not arise.
2007-03-13 03:47:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I like driving on the right in a LHD, it seems more natural. The UK should go over to the right.
You go through the tunnel in a train and then it's one way out of the terminal onto a dual carriage way, so you don't have to think about switching over, it's done for you.
2007-03-13 00:59:35 · answer #4 · answered by A True Gentleman 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You don't drive through the tunnel, you and your car will be passengers on a train. The change over happens when leaving the train.
2007-03-13 05:07:44 · answer #5 · answered by Bandit600 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are ushered into the correct side of the raod at either end of the tunnel when you come off of the train/ferry. BUT, on the English side at least, there are loads of mulitingual signs reminding you which side you should be on (especially at roundabouts) before you are left to your own devices.
2007-03-13 01:05:46 · answer #6 · answered by Del Piero 10 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Just before you crash is a good time.
2007-03-13 00:59:21 · answer #7 · answered by kevin_4508 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋