Bernard, come to The Netherlands and you'll see our trains (and trams, and
buses, and cars, and lorries) drive on the richt track/part of the road. As
soon as our international trains move into Belgium they move to the left
track. Don't know how it's in Germany.
Salutations,
Jack Aeckerlin, Pays Bas
1964 BJ8 29432
2009/11/29 Bernard Cristalli <bcrist@club-internet.fr>
> 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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