Buildings on the West Coast are more and more built to withstand an earthquake. Certainly true of any significantly large office building structure. In larger towns the downtown area office blocks also often qualify for this description. Cars and Driving Most cars, and almost all rental cars, have automatic transmission in the USA and Canada. In the US cars drive on the righthand side of the road and car drivers sit on the lefthand side of the car.
Air conditioning is widespread in cars, restaurants, shops and motels in the USA and Canada.
In cars and motel rooms the air conditioning will not have much effect unless you close all the windows. There's more information about cars and driving in the driving section. There's more information about renting cars in the car rental section. This can be very confusing when consulting motel chain directories for the rates which apply during certain dates. Other ambiguities are listed in the ambiguities section.