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Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left.

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Subject: Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left.
From: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:02:03 -0600
yd3@nvc.net wrote:

> Why didn't America bear left?  We had no knights!  We didn't even have
> the developed roadways of Europe.  The few roadways were barely one
> horse wide let alone a carriage wide so we went down the middle.  When
> it became necessary to designate a side for vehicle traffic we went
> right.  (Take that any way you want!)  Why? I haven't really considered
> it.

Our weapon of choice protecting the wagon or stagecoach was a shotgun or 
rifle. Right-handed people hold the long gun on the lap, pointed to the 
left, so we pass on the right, so as to have the weapon ready to shoot 
to the left.

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