Left and Right?

solosuperia

I just wonder is it just me that has a problem with Left and Right?

If I have to make a snap judgement when leading to go left or right I always call out the opposite to what I mean!
Obviously I know my left from my right, it is only a problem when I don't have time to think about it.
The crew that I ride with this and deal with it by watching the way I'm setting myself up etc.

As I said I just wonder if it is me?

sungod

yes!

no!

yes!

no!

yes!

navrig

It has been a problem in the past:

You remember that the young men of the American Revolution who came to Concord and Lexington to the join the Army were many of them so unschooled that they did not know the right foot from the left, and so could not obey the drill-master's "Right –left". The disgusted officers siad, "Send these greenhorns home, for if they cannot keep step they will be of no use as soldiers" But there was one officer there who used his head for something besides a hat rack. […] "These farmer boys do not know right from left, but they do know hay from straw. Tie a little hay on every right foot, and a little straw on every left foot, and send them to the awkward squad to be drilled." "Hay-foot — straw-foot, hay-foot–straw-foot" they drilled, very awkwardly at first, and then more firmly, and at last they marched to victory at Yorktown

Zoomer37

Hows your reading? Some Dyslexic's have problems with their left n rights

RowCycle

Yep, my mrs is exactly the same, does it in the car all the time.

solosuperia

Reading is not a problem, and in fact enjoy crosswords, don't know if that counts?
I will make the point again it is only a when I have to shout left or right Instantaneously.
If I was directing you through traffic in a car with you the problem would never manifest itself as I would be thinking ahead.
If we were dropping down a hill at speed, turned a sharp corner and was presented immediatly with a left or right option. Then there is a good chance I would say right when I meant left!
Just thought maybe I have a default setting that under duress I alway say Right....
Will monitor that.
It aint a problem for me just everybody behind!

giant_man

RowCycle wrote:

Yep, my mrs is exactly the same, does it in the car all the time.

Yup, my girlfriend is exactly the same, makes for 'interesting' car journeys lol

team47b

I always shout... right.

If I meant left I add...

no the other right!

covers all eventualities

briantrumpet

Not normally a problem, but cycling in France for the first time a few weeks ago, several times I said "right" instead of left coming up to junctions - I think it must have been the turning across the traffic that was overriding my normally instinctive sense of what is left & right. I knew where I wanted to go, but my mouth said the opposite. Odd.

DonutDad

Are you talking about directing people left/right at junctions with plenty of notice, or are you avoiding hazards.
Just a thought that you might instinctively be shouting out where the hazard is (i.e. when you turn left suddenly, your first thought will be to look right for oncoming traffic).

dragonontheedge

The only time I used to have a problem was when driving abroad with voice commands on the sat nav. Every now and then when the silly bint on the sat nav told me to keep left at a motorway slip road I wuld peel off right and take the off slip.

I have now installed a 'silent voice' from TomTom. Problem solved !