RHD endorsement in the US

[anaonbd]

Anyone have any idea how people go about getting one of these? Tried searching my state dmv site but found nothing.

[rollo]

Endorsement? Explain further? Dunno.. in CA I think as long as the car is legally in the country, you're fine.

[G&C]

Join the Postal Service. Their mail carriers are all RHD.


































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Just kidding! I think Rollo has the right idea.

[rollo]

BlackParis had a RHD ex-Postal Legacy wagon.. PM him maybe

[Rallycat66]

Rollo has it correct. There is nothing that says the car MUST be left hand drive. As long as the car was legally imported, you are fine.

[anaonbd]

I was told that I needed a sticker on the car showing that I've had the proper "training" to drive on the right. Anyone who knows me, rather has met me or whatever knows that, that would be real joke.

[ATRAIN]

I have never heard of such a thing...I know my buddies with rhd cars around here do not get harassed, it just confuses cops sometimes lol, that said we also don't have safety or emission testing here so that could have someting to do with it

[Rallycat66]

There are some countries that restrict or do not allow the registration of "wrong" hand drive vehicles, but I've never heard of anything against it in the US. We owned a RHD Cooper S for a number of years and never had any issues with it being a RHD - although we did get stopped pretty often just because they were confused to see a tiny car and the driver sitting on the wrong side. :)

And just out of curiosity, why are you asking in the first place?

[ProRallyCodriver]

Have driven a RHD Evo4 all across the US (Jemba stagenotes reccecar). Never had an issue w/ police but hassle going thru tolls and drive-thrus.

[MilesFox]

in wisconsin, on the title application, there is a mark for 'postal carrier' as well as 'police/taxi' along with the usual 'salvage' for personal registration of former fleet vehicles

[Newk_Rally]

Endorsement? Explain further? Dunno.. in CA I think as long as the car is legally in the country, you're fine.

the car has to be able to pass smog as well in california.

[anaonbd]

From what I've heard if the car can legally be imported into the US, then you can drive it around in the US. This is out of curiosity if I were to import an RHD car at some point.

I also know that in countries like the UK, Ireland, and Japan (where rhd exists mainly) the crash testing is either not really done, or done to an extent that the US believes is substandard.

[noisycricket]

From what I've heard if the car can legally be imported into the US, then you can drive it around in the US. This is out of curiosity if I were to import an RHD car at some point.

Driver's licenses, however, are handled purely on a state by state basis. Maybe some states do require an endorsement for right hand drive. Showing proof of endorsement with a sticker on the car is absurd, though - the car is not the driver. I have restrictions on my driver's license, and I don't need to placard my cars.

When they were still around (pours a 40), anybody could walk into a Saturn dealer and order a right hand drive S-series, or L-series. They were generally not normally stocked cars at dealerships, but the only thing you needed to buy one was a willingness to pay for it. I had a customer with one. I will go on record and say that driving RHD in a LHD country is a pain in the ass and the novelty goes away after the first ten seconds or so.

I also know that in countries like the UK, Ireland, and Japan (where rhd exists mainly) the crash testing is either not really done, or done to an extent that the US believes is substandard.Any country that does not use US crash standards, or in other words, everywhere that isn't the US or Canada.

It's kind of like the difference between California and Federal emissions. California emissions are generally at a 25% tighter limit, but in some ways Federal emissions are more restrictive because the wear allowances are different. Federally, cars can't emit more than X at the 100,000 mile mark (arbitrary mileage). California, cars cannot emit more than Y percent of new. (I think 150%) So a Federal car that is "barely clean" will have a harder time than a California car that's "barely clean". Conversely, some manufacturers deliberately sandbag the California cars because it gives them more headroom for the car's aging.

What I'm getting at is, the regulations aren't a simple matter, the tests themselves are different. (Plus, for the longest time, E-code safety regs did not require door bars. I think they still don't. No thanks!)

[noisycricket]

Next time you're at the auto parts store, walk up to the counter with a bottle of brake fluid and ask if it's premixed or if it needs to be mixed 50/50 with water.

[Burtoe]

Next time you're at the auto parts store, walk up to the counter with a bottle of brake fluid and ask if it's premixed or if it needs to be mixed 50/50 with water.

haha im do that