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Re:Google broke a conditional statement that verifies passwo... by BiteCode_dev on Friday July 23, 2021 @06:45AM (#27929236)
No it's because this way your left hand only deals with blinker, and your right one wih the gear shift. Separation of concerns. It's reversed in the UK of course.
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Re:Google broke a conditional statement that verifies passwo... by gertrunde on Friday July 23, 2021 @09:16AM (#27930293)
The gear stick may be on the driver's left in the UK, but the indicator and windscreen wiper/wash stalks do not necessarily follow.

All my cars for the last ~15-20 years have had the indicator stalk on the left (i.e. same side as the gear stick), and the windscreen wiper/wash controls on the right, but I suspect that this might be a manufacturer-specific convention.

A quick bit of googled internet wisdom suggest Japanese brands tend to the right, European brands tend to the left, and EU standardisation has settled on left.

Strictly speaking, I would expect the indicator to be activated prior to commencing a manoeuvre, so would expect the two actions to not overlap.

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Re:Google broke a conditional statement that verifies passwo... by gertrunde on Friday July 23, 2021 @09:18AM (#27930309)
Also - super old reference:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=768151

:)

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