[Healeys] Left is right

[robertduquette at sympatico.ca]

So they left on the left.

Robert Duquette

> From: Editorgary at aol.com
>
> At the risk of prolonging this topic overlong, I remember hearing a puzzler
> on Car Talk Radio a few years ago.
>
> Seems that the archaeologists had discovered the site of a prehistoric
> quarry sight in Britain using infrared photography or some such. From the
> photographs they were able to conclude that even in prehistory, Brits had
driven
> on the left. The puzzler was: How did they know that?
>
> The answer, once you hear it is obvious. They noted that at the point where
> the quarry entrance/exit had been, the earth was more compacted on the
> right side of the entrance than on the left. Obviously wagons, tumbrels, or
> whatever they were using to haul the stones arrived empty and left full, so
when
> they came in and when they went out, they always drove to the left.
>
> So, Brits have been driving on the left side of the road for longer than
> recorded history.
>
> Imagine that.
>
> Best
> Gary