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Here’s why Americans drive on the right and the UK drives on the left

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by: Bruce - Sat, 2 Mar 2024 15:52 UTC

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by: RWC - Sun, 3 Mar 2024 22:37 UTC

On Sat, 2 Mar 2024 15:52:10 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

>https://www.aol.com/finance/why-americans-drive-uk-drives-103023770.html

In summary, according to this article:

US drives on the right because:

"Most people are right-handed. For that reason, Conestoga wagons had
the controls on the left side, close to the wagon driver's right hand.
{The wagon driver would naturally prefer to be near the middle of the
road and so the wagon would be on the right.}"

UK drives on the left because:

"Historian Lay's notion is that it had to do with the different types
of conveyance used. There were fewer industrial-sized wagons in
Britain, and more small carriages and individual horse riders. Horse
riders preferred to stay to the left to keep their right hands toward
oncoming traffic for greetings and, if needed, fighting."

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Here’s why Americans drive on the right and the UK drives on the left	Bruce
Re: Here?s why Americans drive on the right and the UK drives on the left	RWC