-----Original Message-----
From McNaughton, W.J.
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 5:34 PM
To: 'spridgets@autox.team.net'
Subject: RE: driving on wrong side (minor LBC + guns)
After seeing (multiple times) Monty Python's "Holy Grail" and driving in
Canada, those United States that still haven't elected a new
President,Europe, Scotland and England I thought it was because the former
three were so much more less inclined to require(still?)room to freely swing
a sword when meeting someone upon the common highways of the respective
realms. With regard to your other queries, (1)while I have never
(fortunatly) had the opportunity to observe from either side the discharge
of firearms from vehicles in the US I can attest from personal experience
and observation that with the advent of the cellphone(mobli)driving with the
left hand controling the steering while the right dials then holds the
cellphone is attempted and accomplished (with varying degrees of success) by
most North American drivers of all ages,sexes and abilities.(quick
check--Has Gore claimed to have invented driving and talking on a cellphone
yet?);(2)RHD in a rented Stirling in the highlands of Scotland with stone
walls and no kerbs or ditches was a ball although my wife and kids kept
surreptitiously checking the left(offside?)mirror for scratches on the
housing and,(3)for a lot of Americans and Canadians who seem to manage the
knife and fork trick and in particular the fork part with such regularity
I'm not sure the question about the "wrong" hand would elicit anything more
than a blank stare.
Bill McN
-----Original Message-----
From Ptegler [mailto:ptegler at gouldfo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 4:33 PM
To: rob thomas; spridgets
Subject: Re: driving on wrong side (minor LBC + guns)
It's only your driving on roadways that you still stay to the left
every other vehicle planes, boats etc all pass on the right
Paul Tegler wizardz@toad.net http://www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message -----
From "rob thomas" <rob at thomasr.greatxscape.net>
To: "spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 2:22 PM
Subject: driving on wrong side (minor LBC + guns)
Why does the US/Can/Europe etc drive on the wrong side? The original reason
for passing to the left of opposite-direction traffic was so that your sword
hand was between you and the other fellow. Surely somebody had a 'reason'
for bringing in the right-hand-traffic rule in other countries? Can most
Americans shoot better out of the window with their left hands? I know that
I find it hard to drive/fly with my left hand controlling the steering and
my (dominant) right hand doing the thrust levers/gearstick. Has any
non-Brit tried a RHD car with favourable results? Ever tried eating with
the knife and fork in the wrong hands?
Rob Thomas
(Being nice to yanks....'cos I want a free holiday) <G>
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