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From: david.looser@btinternet.com
"Ron" wrote in message
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> On 31/01/2012 10:22, Dave Liquorice wrote:
>> On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:02:25 -0000, David Looser wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Hum, I wonder of that has anything to do with which hand one would
>> have ones sword in? Most people are right handed so being on the
>> right makes it harder to take a swipe at some one passing.
>>
>
> That's the usual explanation for driving on the left in Roman times. Some
> say it was Napoleon who decreed driving on the right, some say it was the
> Pope.
Which Pope?
>
> Incidentally, I was at a presentation about Barbados the other day, and
> was told that it's not possible to hire a car in Barbados due to the
> previous amount of traffic accidents involving hire cars. They drive on
> the left, and the majority of tourists are American and can't get used to
> driving on that side. I myself prefer to drive down the middle ;)
>
The problem I have in driving in the US is not driving on the right but the
unfamilaiar roadsigns and rules of the road. The very first time I drove in
the US I had just got off a direct flight from London to San Franscisco and
had to drive from there to a small town in Northern California via some
narrow, twisting mountain roads. To add to the fun I was navigating using a
rather poor map, I'd been awake for 24hrs and the light was fading fast. I
was never more glad to arrive unscathed at my destination!
David.
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