9.18.2009

Driving in an upside down world



Driving on the wrong side of the car and the wrong side of the road is hard to cope with.. not to mention I have only driven a manual a few times in my life, so I'm not very good at the whole shifting while trying to remember where I need to be on the road. Lj and I were talking about it, and why do some country's drive on the left and other on the right? Well the truth is, is that the left side was originally dubbed as the correct side to ride a horse on and walk because most people are right hand and could draw out their sword on an on comer if necessary. In the late 1700s, the shift from left to right that took place in countries such as the United States was based on teamsters' use of large freight wagons pulled by several pairs of horses. The wagons had no driver’s seat, so a postilion sat on the left rear horse and held his whip in his right hand. Seated on the left, the driver preferred that other wagons pass him on the left so that he could be sure to keep clear of the wheels of oncoming wagons. He did that by driving on the right side of the road. But gues what.. %72 of thr world drives on the right.. so you should just follow the trend Australia and drive on the right side, so I don't have to adjust. Thanks.

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