Your horses go around the track backwards, too. Don't they? <G> Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: David Clark <DavidClark@HUMBERONIA1.FREESERVE.CO.UK> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 3:58 PM Subject: Re: Why do we drive on right/left side??
> Per > I was reading a book in the summer about a guy who in 1910 drove a Humber > from England to Spain. Apparently at that time France like England drove on > the Left hand side of the road, a near accident took place in the Alps where > unknown to the driver the road priority changed from left to right. > Switzerland at the time drove on the right hand side of the road. Needless > to say a few brusque verbal exchanges took place! > > This is a very interesting link to have found, as I have always understood > it to be from horsemanship and the hand in which you held the horse reins > and your whip. i.e. in England we have always favoured the reins in the left > and whip in the right, and therefore sat on the right of the right of the > carriage. > > David Clark > 1985 VW Autosleeper VHT 1.9 2WD > www.soft.net.uk/vwt2oc > (see members rides) > 1960 Humber Super Snipe Estate 3L > www.humberonia.freeserve.co.uk > 1985 Fiat Uno 1.1L automatic (wife's) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: 14 December 1999 23:52 > Subject: Re: Why do we drive on right/left side?? > > > > It was quite interesting, and I was partially right about the knights on > > the stallions (Sir Volkswagen vs. Sir Chevrolet??) > > > > PerL > > 87 Syncro 112i > > > > Doug Alcock wrote: > > > > > I Asked Jeeves and got this link; > > > > > > http://www.travel-library.com/general/driving/drive_which_side.html > > > |
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