Gregory Petrolati wrote:
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> A: It is believed that the legacy of driving on different sides
> of the road in different countries comes from the days when
> carriages were in operation and were regularly the victims
> of attacks. In Britain it is believed that the tradition of
> driving on the left came from the preference of passing ap-
> proaching horseman or carriage right-side to right-side to
> facilitate right-arm defense against sudden attack. On the
> continent the preference was for passing left-side to left-
> side because the postilions (a rider mounted on the left-
> hand horse of a pair driving a coach) were mounted on the
> rearmost left horse in a team. These individuals were better
> prepared to battle from the left side.
*** I thought the riding-on-the-right was a technique pioneered by Napolean,
to confuse lookouts about the direction of approaching troops.
- Jerry Kaidor
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