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   From: johnwilliamson@oysterbroadcast.co.uk   
      
   m wrote:   
   > David Looser wrote:   
   >> "Arny Krueger"  wrote in message   
   >> news:ndydnYh855BfVbvSnZ2dnUVZ5rudnZ2d@giganews.com...   
   >>   
   >>>>> After all, the Right side is the right side...   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You mean the French side ;)   
   >>>   
   >>> and German and...   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > Except for the entrance to The Savoy Hotel in The Strand which is the   
   > only place in UK (as far as I know) where traffic enters on the right of   
   > the entrance road (so that the nice doorman can open the side door to   
   > let the customer out)   
   >   
   And so that the passengers and driver don't have to stretch across the   
   cab to exchange payment.   
      
   It took an Act of Parliament to make it so.   
      
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   John.   
      
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