From: bap@shrdlu.com   
      
   On 2026-02-10, Keith F. Lynch  wrote:   
   > Gary McGath  wrote:   
   >> Keith F. Lynch wrote:   
   >>> I'm skeptical.  How did Britain and the US end up driving on   
   >>> different sides if they started out driving on the same side?   
   >   
   >>> I expect that when traffic moved at a walking pace that there were no   
   >>> rules, and everyone went every which way, as pedestrians still do.   
   >   
   >> Long before cars, horse-drawn vehicles moved at a faster pace and   
   >> couldn't get out of each other's way as easily as pedestrians.   
   >   
   >> According to a CNN article, the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike   
   >> Road, opened in 1795, had a rule to stay to the right.   
   >   
   > I just watched the Thoughty2 YouTube Video, "The London Underground   
   > Has Secrets You Wouldn't Expect."  It shows film and still photos of   
   > what London traffic looked during the Victorian era.  Sure enough,   
   > it appears to be random.  And at 3:17, two horse-drawn carriages are   
   > driving on the right.   
      
   The images might have been reversed. Is there any visible text showing?   
      
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