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October 07, 2010 12:36 AM |
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Originally Posted by Perikles
(Post 96393)
It is true - sensible people drive on the left, as in the UK and Japan. This is because when confronting oncoming horseriders, you can defend yourself with a sword, if you are right-handed.
Countries conquered by Napoleon all drive on the other side. So obviously, the USA and mainland Europe.
In Tenerife, they usually compromise by driving in the middle of the road.
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I've been told that the reason is that when there were carriages in the street, as the coachmen used to be right-handed, the whip could hit a pedestrian if they drove by the right. :thinking:
Here people drive on the right, but as everybody is in a hurry :thinking:, you can see most of the cars driving on the left to pass the other cars (you wouldn't imagine what I've seen on the roads!). :eek:
I think people drive on the left in Australia, too. But I'm not sure. :thinking:
That question of driving in the middle of the road must be typical from the islands. Everybody in Palma de Mallorca drives in the middle, and that was a problem the first time I drove there with my new driver license. :eek: :D
:)
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