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Originally Posted by Perikles
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.
Here people drive on the right, but as everybody is in a hurry
, 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!).
I think people drive on the left in Australia, too. But I'm not sure.
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.
