Sentences with phrase «car on the wrong side»

Even piloting right - hand - drive cars on the wrong side of narrow roads couldn't spoil the fun.

He got his first break as a Civil Court Trial Lawyer when a major negligence firm wanted someone to act as their trial lawyer for a plaintiff who had driven a car on the wrong side of the road and had been involved in a head - on collision.

I've driven a car on the wrong side of the road before, and that was enough of an adventure.

Not exact matches

So I guess I'll have to be content with driving a car that has the steering wheel on the wrong side.

I'd give more leeway to Rivera if he had say, been hit by a truck while on the sidewalk, but the guy took himself out when he was drunk driving on the wrong side of the road and hit somebody else's car.

Before you know it, Lucy has boarded a plane for Paris, where she steals a police car, careers around the city on the wrong side of the road, and engineers a meeting with Professor Norman, the one man who may be able to save her.

She is embarrassed of her family's run - down car, continuously jokes about «living on the wrong side of the tracks» and even lies to some of her friends about which house she lives in.

After a long flight, it's always a good idea to let the jet lag ease a bit before jumping into the pricey car that doesn't belong to you, in the foreign country where the roads are scary narrow and the steering wheel is on the wrong side.

The biggest problem with a car from a different area could be lights - e.g if I was in the UK and purchased a car in France, all the lights would be biased to the wrong side, because the UK drives on the left.

No, it's no BMW or Porsche or Alfa Romeo «sport / activity vehicle,» and that may place it in your mind on the wrong side of Automobile's «No Boring Cars» credo, but if like me, you're wary and weary of those European automakers and their attempts to defy their centers of gravity to make their SUVs handle «almost like a sports car,» you might see the 2018 Buick Enclave Avenir as a worthy do - almost - everything garage mate for your Toyota 86 / Subaru BRZ or Miata / Fiata or Porsche Boxster / Cayman.

I'm on the wrong side of the car, shifting with my left hand.

Real cars = traffic, congestion, frustration, police, courts, fines (and if it all goes wrong doing 180mph on a B road you could kill some child on their push bike as they come out of a hidden side road).

Don't get too excited, though — when the car comes to the UK later this year the EU version will cost # 61,645, and that's with the steering wheel on the wrong side.

While the dust - up between China and the US on trade may be on the road to compromise, a car as significant as the Focus may find itself on the wrong side in this scenario.

The MX - 5s we drove differed in three distinct ways from Canadian - spec cars: 16 - inch alloys with a 195 - series tire, a 131 - hp 1.5 L four - cylinder engine, and the steering wheel bolted on the wrong side.

high road noise, rough idle, front passenger seat shakes when idling, seat belt buckles rattle against the interior side panels, doors are poor quality, fan comes on in the off position.I took the car to the dealer three times to fix fan switch and they said that there was nothing wrong with the switch and that they would fix it but I would have to sign a disclaimer form.I traded the hunk of junk and lost a lot of money.

Oh, but wait, there's one big, sad note to report besides the one about there being no right - hand - drive cars for people who still drive on the wrong side of the road (all 70 - plus countries of you).

Of those goodies worth noting, there's a stowage bin with cassette and cupholder in the center console; tilt wheel, even though it houses an air bag (some cars offer bag or tilt, but not both); a second set of radio volume / seek controls on the instrument panel near the wheel; a handy yellow release button for ease of opening the hood; and an arrow on the instrument panel gas gauge pointing to the location of the filler door to help you avoid pulling into the filling station on the wrong side.

A sign and arrow on the dash advise motorists that the fuel filler door is on the right side of the car; that warns you before pulling up to the pump facing the wrong way.

There is nothing wrong with the car, with the exception of (both pictured) a scratch under the fuel cap and rear door handle on the passenger side.

I can't tell you how many times we would get in on the wrong side of the car to drive.

What to Know: There are no rental cars so reserve your car service or taxi and don't be alarmed when you drive «British» on the «wrong side» of the road.

We also took to driving on the wrong side of the road as went rented a car and drove along the Great Ocean Road.

You earn speed boost by slamming into the guy next to you, speeding by neutral cars within the closest possible space without hitting them, and driving on the wrong side of the road.

«He was driving on the wrong side of the street and up on the curb trying to knock him off the car for about 100 metres,» said Ryan Brazeau, a worker with a crew laying sewer pipes on Bloor.

According to the two occupants of the other car, she was driving on the wrong side of the road.

In the U.S. Virgin Islands, cars drive on the wrong side of the road (the left) while the cars have the wheel in the near universal standard left position.

And anyone who has been on the wrong side of a legal exchange involving car insurance non compliance will say that the trouble it causes is much more costly than a compliant car insurance policy.

And like a car, when a relationship breaks down, it's overwhelming; you're left stuck on the side of the road wondering what went wrong.