The Driver's Side

For those of you that have been to China may know, the driver's side of all taxis are blocked off. This means that unless you have your own car,which we don't, you never get out of the car on the driver' side. The other day, we happened to be going to a banquet in a teacher' car, and I happened to be sitting on the driver's side of the car. When we got there, I got out on the driver's side. Keep in mind that I have not done that for a few years  since I usually sit on the passanger side of the car. When I got out, I almost fell flat on my face because my legs got tangled up on my way out. I had not gone out on the driver's side for so long that I had forgotten how to! Now I feel really silly. How can you possibly forget how to get out a door?