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Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left.

To: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>
Subject: Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left.
From: "Paul T. Root" <ptroot@iaces.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:43:06 -0600
We were passing on the right long before the shotgun was invented.

This doesn't explain why, in Europe, on the the British Isle's drive
on the left and the rest on the right. Italy, France, etc all had the
same Roman influences.


Rocky Frisco wrote:
> yd3@nvc.net wrote:
> 
>> Why didn't America bear left?  We had no knights!  We didn't even have
>> the developed roadways of Europe.  The few roadways were barely one
>> horse wide let alone a carriage wide so we went down the middle.  When
>> it became necessary to designate a side for vehicle traffic we went
>> right.  (Take that any way you want!)  Why? I haven't really considered
>> it.
> 
> 
> Our weapon of choice protecting the wagon or stagecoach was a shotgun or 
> rifle. Right-handed people hold the long gun on the lap, pointed to the 
> left, so we pass on the right, so as to have the weapon ready to shoot 
> to the left.


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