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Originally Posted by Worldseries27
i don't understand a country that's basis for left side driving is based on having your right hand sword available for defense?
What sayeth thee sir dollar² ?
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Perfectly logical to drive on the left.
When carts and carriages were horse drawn, the drivers all over the world sat on the right and on top when driving.
This enabled the whip to pass along the outside of the carriage when in use to stir up the donkeys, oxen, mules or horses.
If coach drivers sat on left, whip would have passed down centre of coach, possibly taking out the eye of any passenger.
When cars came along we placed the steering wheel on the right, as this was the logical place, as all drivers were quite at home in that seat.
Your car designers for some obscure reason (probably a left handed ex whip cracker) placed the steering wheel on the left, which is the reason you and many other nation all drive on the wrong side of the road!
As for the sword, you try drawing it in a hurry, if you have a load of passengers to you right hand side. Logic!!
