On Fri, 29 Sep 1995, Will Zehring wrote:
> This probably dates, as does almost everything in England, to the umpteenth
> century and to which side of the carriage you alighted, as the saying goes.
I heard that the reason the British drive on the left is left over from
horsey days, when one wanted one's sword arm available to present one's
trusty sword to opposite-direction highwaymen, blackguards, Robin Hood,
(Why isn't he called "Robin Bonnet"?), or any other undesirables one
might come up against. Any one from across the water care to comment?
BTW, I go to London quite frequently, and being from from America, as
most Americans are, it's very sporty just walking about (oops, I mean
'around') without getting hit from the blind side; the traffic is always
coming from the 'wrong' direction!. Also BTW, I absolutely love the place!
Dave Simpson
davids@cybergate.com
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