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by lproven 950 days ago
> Which car of yours did ever swap the positions and shapes of the 3 pedals or the steering wheel?

Every time I go from the UK or Ireland to continental Europe. The entire set of controls are on the other side of the vehicle, and some are mirrored (e.g. gear shift on the left or the right) and some aren't (e.g. the layout of the pedals). So I adapt.

Every time I switch from a manual to an automatic or back.

Works for keyboards, too.

When I type on PCs, the leftmost or rightmost key is Ctrl, the one next to the spacebar is Windows/Super, and the one in between them as Alt.

When I type on a Mac keyboard, I use the one next to the spacebar as Alt, the leftmost/rightmost as Cmd, and the one in between as Ctrl.

The key switch feel tells me which I'm typing on.

Switching between US and ISO layouts is similar.

This is not that hard.