Trains roll on the left track all over the world.
I used to have RHD cars here (France, LHD).
Once I had been called at night, half awake, I stepped into my wife's
car which was the first to go in the drive way and...
"Bloody, they to the driving wheel!"
I was seating on the passenger's seat.
Bernard
Peter Schauss a icrit :
> Interestingly, in Lisbon, the subways and trains all run on the left-hand
> track even though the Portuguese cars drive on the right. The must have
> hired a British company to design their subways.
>
> Peter Schauss
> 1963 BJ7
> 1980 MGB
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-
>> bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Alan Seigrist
>> Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 7:48 PM
>> To: HealeyRick
>> Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Keep left
>>
>> I am in London from time to time. Generally yes they walk left as well,
>> but
>> London is quite international so people are sort of all over the place...
>> but the Tube is made for walking left, so that should let you know the
>> expected convention.
>>
>> Hong Kong walking is all over the place (also very international), but
>> they
>> have a great set up for pedestrians where when you come to a crosswalk,
>> there's big white letters & an arrow painted on the road to tell you
>> whether
>> to look left or right. Not a bad idea...
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> '52 A90
>> '53 BN1
>> '59 Jag Mk IX
>> '64 BJ8
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 3:10 AM, HealeyRick <healeyrick@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Norman,
>>>
>>> I've noticed that not only do we Americans keep right when driving, we
>>>
>> do
>>
>>> it
>>> when walking on sidewalks or down a hallway as well. Do the British
>>>
>> "Walk
>>
>>> left"?
>>>
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