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[quote=Anonymous]If she truly has experience driving in S Africa, she should be able to get used to driving here ... but it does take a bit of time.
My "tip"/"trick" for driving on the other side of the road is to reorient where you look to line the car up.  With right side driving (like we do), the tendency is to align in your vision the left front of the car with the lane line on your left so that you are centered in the lane.  If you do that when driving on the left side of the road, you end up hugging the shoulder, edging into the other lane, etc.  If you consciously adjust your visual line up point then that should change.  But it takes conscious thought for a while until it becomes natural.  Since she is used to driving on the left side, she is likely still aligning the car to HER right side leading to the shoulder hugging, drifting, etc.  
Talk to her about that.  It's a simple fix but it has to be a conscious thought.  She has to readjust her position in space in the car, if that makes sense.
I'm not a driving instructor, but I've found that explaining switching sides of the road in those terms has helped many people.  It may be worth a shot before you give up on her - especially since you click otherwise.[/quote]

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