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When I was in Bermuda it was a constant battle to drive on the left. Years of conditioning just makes you want to drive on the right. We had scooters and kept scooting over to the left when we forgot.
I think it happens (accidents) a lot more than we realize. Left drivers and right drivers when they travel naturally have the opposite muscle memory.
It is a tragic accident. Even without immunity nothing brings the biker back and nothing can erase the guilt she will feel for all of her days.
When I was in Bermuda they wouldn't let us drive anything but Mopeds. The theory apparently was that if anyone was going to get killed because a sailor was on the wrong side of the road it should be the sailor. I did OK except when I got to those darn traffic circles. It took a lot to stay left and turn clockwise.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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