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Driving on the left

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2023 4:44 am
by Shred
It comes from the era of horses and swords.
The sword hand is the right hand, so everyone travelled on the left side of the road, so they could defend themselves if needed.
Convention stuck in some countries.

Driving on the left is also statistically safer.

Re: Driving on the left

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2023 5:14 am
by pete
Shred wrote:
Mon Aug 21, 2023 4:44 am
It comes from the era of horses and swords.
The sword hand is the right hand, so everyone travelled on the left side of the road, so they could defend themselves if needed.
Convention stuck in some countries.

Driving on the left is also statistically safer.
We shoot from the left now in the states lol

Re: Driving on the left

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2023 1:11 pm
by Shred
In the 1960s the British government paid for a study to work out the viability of switching over and driving on the right, the idea was abandoned because of cost and complexity.