Is it safe to drive a vehicle with a steering equipment positioned on the same side as the direction of the traffic – driving simulation experiments

Abstract

Polish road traffic law was amended to reflect the EU legislation concerning the LHT vehicle registration in the RHT member states without repositioning the steering equipment, following complaints by Polish citizens to the EC and the subsequent ECJ judgment. This research was conducted to analyze the implications on the road safety when driving LHT and RHT vehicles in RHT. For the purposes of the study, the main research question was defined: Does driving an LHT vehicle adapted to RHT reduce the level of safety of the driver and other road users. Method: The experiment used a vehicle driving simulator. Research sample was selected by means of a survey