Just last week I changed the oil

[venta]

On the way into work this morning, I drew zandev's attention to the fact that the vast majority of cars seem to have their petrol filler caps on the right hand side. He pointed out that that was silly, and that there should be an even distribution.

We tried to count filler caps on cars going past, but ran into a problem: seeing one means the cap is on the right. Not seeing one means the cap is on the left or you just missed it. Plus there were issues with cars going past too quickly, sun in eyes, etc.

So, I think a little scientific rigour is needed. And what could be more scientifically rigorous than an LJ poll ?


[Poll #391837]

Comments

[triskellian]

I think it has the indicators on the RHS, too.
The one I had for Norfolk this year had the indicators on the left, like any sensible car. The nudging thing drove me up the wall, though.

[narenek.livejournal.com]

The Ford Focus that I took my test in had the "nudging thing."

My instructor said they were "Lane change indicators." He told me not to use them during my test as they wouldn't signal long enough to properly conduct the manouvre they were indicating.