>It is my understanding that the reason the British drive on the right
>dates back to the Roman centurian guards. The guards wore their arms
>on their left side and could not pass one another on the right in narrow
>passageways lest their weapons became entangled. Later on, Napoleon
>changed this for whatever reason... I believe it was just because he
>loathed the British so.
>
> -Steve-
This reason also applies to Japan. I heard, even in the Edo era when there was
no cars, people walked on the left side to avoid their Samurai sword entangled.
K. Yoshizaki (yoshi@hpjsdo.kobe.hp.com)
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