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1. Why do (or did) the British drive on the left. (score: 1): Author: yd3@nvc.net; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 00:38:23 -0600; My theory: Bear with me for the first paragraph. LBC content coming. If you're only into the technical aspects of MGing you may just want to delete this. But if you also enjoy something more esoteric; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00262.html (10,264 bytes)
2. Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left. (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 08:50:31 -0000; For the same reason your teenage kids can't be seen to do anything the way their parents do it ... And most of us still do (drive on the left).; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00263.html (8,408 bytes)
3. Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left. (score: 1): Author: Eric <eric@erickson.on.net>; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:51:19 +1030; Firstly, it isn't only the British that drive on the left. Secondly, I drive on the left because the cops take my licence away from me if I didn't. Now you see why I like driving on racetracks :-) --; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00266.html (8,239 bytes)
4. Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left. (score: 1): Author: "Paul M." <rowman22001@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 04:38:34 -0800 (PST); This reminds me of a true tidbit of trivia I stumbled across not terribly long ago. It mentioned the fact that track measurements (the distance between the wheel hubs) for cars is relatively consiste; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00267.html (9,447 bytes)
5. Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left. (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:20:29 -0000; In fact there is a direct lineage from the Roman chariot to the Space The Romans had a very ordered existence and everything was controlled, like the track of the chariot. In places like Pompeii you; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00268.html (10,176 bytes)
6. Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left. (score: 1): Author: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 07:27:56 -0800 (PST); Well, the connection is not that clear-cut, according to Snopes.com - http://www.snopes.com/history/american/gauge.htm But it sure sounds cool.... ;-) == Dan The Garden State '76 MGB Tourer - Driver; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00271.html (9,067 bytes)
7. Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left. (score: 1): Author: Mike Duvall <duvallcom@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:43:25 -0600; Try this site for the the history of why. Mike; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00272.html (8,727 bytes)
8. Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left. (score: 1): Author: ksmith40@centurytel.net; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:55:19 -0600; If carriage drivers are used to driving on the left side of the bench, then horseless carriage (car) drivers would do the same thing. Then, when they came upon another car, they veered left. This cr; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00274.html (9,839 bytes)
9. Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left. (score: 1): Author: David Breneman <david_breneman@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:02:27 -0800 (PST); America was started by seafarers. "When a ship you pass ahead, pull to starboard, show your red." == David Breneman david_breneman@yahoo.com __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - Easier th; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00276.html (9,281 bytes)
10. Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left. (score: 1): Author: David Breneman <david_breneman@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:05:36 -0800 (PST); Having the steering wheel on the left side was not standardized in the US until the advent of the Model T Ford. So many Model Ts were on the roads that soon all manufacturers adopted Ford's steering; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00277.html (9,627 bytes)
11. Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left. (score: 1): Author: Barrie Robinson <barrie@look.ca>; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:09:02 -0800; Keeping to the left in Europe became the norm when people used a path or road since Bodicea was a pup. Passing on the left meant that ones sword arm (the majority were right handed) was closest to po; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00279.html (11,102 bytes)
12. Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left. (score: 1): Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:02:03 -0600; 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 weapo; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00281.html (10,248 bytes)
13. Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left. (score: 1): Author: "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 h; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00284.html (10,275 bytes)
14. RE: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left. (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:16:14 -0800; Au Contraire or the It's very confusing really. I did some US civil war recreation back in my checkered past and it was interesting how the culture of the time period is difficult to understand toda; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00286.html (10,269 bytes)
15. Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left. (score: 1): Author: David Breneman <david_breneman@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:30:14 -0800 (PST); This week's "puzzlah" on Cah Talk concerns archeological evidence that the Romans drove their chariots on the left in Britain: Tune in this weekend for the exciting answer! :-) == David Breneman dav; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00287.html (10,795 bytes)
16. Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left. (score: 1): Author: Simon Matthews <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:18:02 -0800; I thought ALL MGBs (both LHD and RHD) had the handbrake lever on the right hand side of the transmission tunnel, so this advantage only applies to cars with the steering wheel on the LEFT.; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00288.html (9,852 bytes)
17. RE: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left. (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:31:58 -0800; I confuse easily. Kelvin <doddk@mossmotors.com> is one's; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00289.html (10,314 bytes)
18. Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left. (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:26:25 -0000; Depends how clumsy you pretend to be ...; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00293.html (10,013 bytes)
19. Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left. (score: 1): Author: "darby@tri-lakes.net" <darby@tri-lakes.net>; Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:42:24 -0600; I must have been a real klutz in my younger days...; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00298.html (9,900 bytes)
20. Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left. (score: 1): Author: "pboldtrix@juno.com" <pboldtrix@juno.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 23:11:41 GMT; Listers: After reading all the "BRRR" stories, folks ought to seriously consider a short trip to sunny Florida! Come on down for the 13th Annual British Classic Car Show in Lake Worth Florida. We usu; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00299.html (10,255 bytes)

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