From: evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/22/26 10:46, Keith F. Lynch wrote:   
   > Scott Dorsey  wrote:   
   >> Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=  wrote:   
   >>> As you may know, most countries that were once part of the British   
   >>> empire drive their cars on the left side of the road, while most   
   >>> other countries drive on the right side of the road.   
   >   
   >>> Can you name three countries that were once part of the British empire,   
   >>> that drive on the right side of the road?   
   >   
   >> The US, Canada, and France.   
   >   
   >> You have to go pretty far back for that third one, though.   
   >   
   > Was France ever part of the British Empire?  There wasn't any British   
   > Empire until the 1707 Act of Union.   
   >   
   > You May be thinking of the Angevin Empire, which included both England   
   > and parts of France.  But people didn't drive on either side of the   
   > road in those days, as cars hadn't yet been invented.   
      
   Actually, the custom/rule of driving on the left goes back possibly to   
   the Romans, and certainly to the Middle Ages.   
      
   (Carts.)   
      
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