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   From: david.looser@btinternet.com   
      
   "Arny Krueger"  wrote in message   
   news:ndydnYh855BfVbvSnZ2dnUVZ5rudnZ2d@giganews.com...   
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   >>> After all, the Right side is the right side...   
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   >> You mean the French side ;)   
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   > and German and...   
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   The story goes that it was Napoleon who imposed driving on the right (or   
   more accurately in those pre-motor vehicle days passing oncoming traffic on   
   the right) onto a continent that up until then had mostly still followed the   
   old Roman rule of passing on the left.   
      
   > The good news is that most of the major car manufacturers have figured out   
   > to make cars of either format on the same production line, etc.   
      
   Yes, its not a big deal. Although I have never driven across a land border   
   between left and right passing countries myself (its hard to drive across   
   the English Channel!)  I have watched traffic crossing the border between   
   Thailand (drives on the left) and Burma (drives on the right). It all seemed   
   to work very smoothly.   
      
   David.   
      
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