Actually...it doesn't mean anything. It's not in the DMV handbook and AAA recommends putting your hood up and staying with your car. A state trooper friend says it doesn't prevent you car from being towed and he doesn't know why its done. I think people do it simply because they see others do it.
I wouldn't want someone thinking I'm stranded and walking down the interstate.
In Northern Ireland, people drive on the left side of the road.
Right side of the road, left side of the car for the steering wheel.
The Indians drive their car on the left hand side of the road.
To the right. -------------- and on the left side in the car
rihgt side
In France they drive on the right side of the road.
Left
If a car is driving along a road, (on its correct side of the road for the country) then the side nearest the curb (sidewalk)/edge of the road is called the "near side". By implication, the side nearest the center of the road is then referred to as the "offside". Normally the side on which the driver sits will be the "offside" of the car. However, if the car is left hand drive and driving in a country that drives on the left, then the driver will be on the "near side" while driving in that country.
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you drive on the left side on the road and the steering wheel is on the right side. The current answer is incorrect. Germany drives on the right side of the road and always has.
This is because drivers always sit on the 'middle of the road side'. When you are in a different country, that drives on the other side of the road, the side of the car that the driver sits on changes, so that they are still able to sit on the side that is in the middle of the road.
In England you drive on the left side of the road and the steering wheel is on the right side in most England-made cars.UK drive on the left hand side of the road.