Assume left handed driving, right handed drivers please reverse the direction lol.

What i meant was that are you able to leave perfect spaces on the left and on the right? Or you tend to drift little more to one side e.g. 51/49 drift toward the left instead of 50/50 exactly?

I notice that experienced drivers drift to the side too. So i am curious and i have my theories for this:

  1. Drivers are more likely to drift just a bit toward their driver side. E.g. for left hander driving that means drifting toward the left. This is because the wing mirror is the closest to the driver, so it is easier for the eyes to follow and track.

  2. I've been to places where we have to share roads with bikes and motocycles. So a lane road is literally 2 lane: cars need to hug the left lane to create spaces on the right. So drivers from those countries are keen to drift to the left; even when they are on the highway without any motocycles.

  3. For left handed driving, you usually dont drift to to the right UNLESS you are on the phone or using the giant touchscreen while driving.

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If the car and driving conditions are good, yeah I can keep it near perfect. The wear and tear on the vehicle can have it pull a bit to one side or the other and a slight variance is normal. You also need to account for bouncing and stuff from the road being uneven (just uneven in general, or from pot holes, speed bumps, etc).

But if you're paying attention and have both hands on the wheel, it's not hard to maintain your position in the lane (in a normal vehicle; 18-wheelers and busses and stuff get a little difficult in more situations).

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