A Study on Instructing Information Based on Driving Character and Behavior when the Driver Who is Used to Driving Right-Hand Car Drives a Left-Hand

The safety of vehicles imported from right-hand-drive vehicle configuration countries when operated in a left-hand-drive vehicle environment

“…For example, Dobson et al (2004) found no greater risk associated with drivers born outside Australia (left-side driving convention) when compared to those native to the country but did find a greater risk for immigrant pedestrians. On the other hand, in driving simulator tests Jeon et al (2004) found that Korean drivers not accustomed to RHD performed worse in a left-side road convention (simulated environment around Yokohama, Japan) than did native Japanese drivers. The former demonstrated more lane position adjustments and less visual searching when negotiating turns across traffic lanes and, overall, exhibited twice the level of mental workload that characterized the latter.…”

Driver Adaptability When Traffic Side Is Switched from Left to Right and Vice Versa: A Driving Simulator Study with Chinese and Pakistani Drivers

“…In driving simulator tests carried out within a simulated Yokohama, Japan, setting, it was noted that Korean drivers, who were not familiar with right-hand driving (RHD), demonstrated lower performance when navigating a left-sided road layout compared to native Japanese drivers. The former group showed an increased frequency of lane position adjustments, decreased visual scanning during turns across traffic lanes, and, in general, experienced twice the mental workload in comparison to the latter group [40].…”

“…investigated the potential impact of visibility on the risk of merging or lane-changing crashes for vehicle drivers [39]. And we have also seen that Japanese drivers perform better in lane-changing than Korean drivers in a simulator study performed in Japanese driving infrastructure by [40]. Based on the previous research and our experimental findings, we can say that Pakistani drivers, when driving in a non-familiar (RHT) environment, are prone to more mistakes and have a higher risk of collision, since they have poor lane-changing and turning behavior at the intersections in right-handed infrastructure.…”