…but the pedals are in the same orientation you’re familiar with
Gas is on the right; brake is on the left (or in the middle, if it’s a stick shift). This seems like it should make it easy, but that, coupled with shifting gears with your left hand could cross you up, since both are not just the reverse of what we usually do. However, my colleague Lemmy disagrees, saying, “I mean, I don’t think it’s difficult, but I have a lot of weird vehicles with curious shift patterns. I ride tank-shift and jockey-shift motorcycles, so my left hand is used to selecting gears. Many old tractors are left-hand or center shift, too, so for me, jumping into a kei truck for the very first time and making it go was not a large hurdle, but my background does not include just mainstream stuff.” So, if you operate other weird vehicles as well, you may not have as much of a problem with this.