2012 Thai Built Focus

[In Focus]

Originally Posted by Stugots

If you're car has manual transmission it's actually flat out wrong, hazardous at worst for the indicator stalk to be on the left side in a right hand drive car.

I'd say it's a mostly side effect from cars that are primarily produced for the LHD market and our compliance/ADR's aren't strict enough to do anything about it.

Don't get me wrong, there's lots to like about having a left side blinker switch in a RHD. Keep your arm or durrie out the window when indicating...

There's a safety contradiction!

Mirror, brake, signal, gear.

OR

Mirror, signal, brake, gear.


Neither requires gear and signal change simultaneously.