LRO: Re: RE: Re: 2 Land Rover related questions

From: Paul Quin (pquin@home.com)
Date: Sat May 12 2001 - 17:21:35 EDT

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    > >>Why do the Brit's drive on the left?<<
    > Because it's SAFER ! Research has been done to show that because the
    > majority of people are right-handed they have better control of a steering
    > wheel if they use their right hand during gear changing etc. Driving on
    the
    > right would mean left hand on the wheel during gear changing which is not
    as
    > good control wise.

    This is good logic, but you all were driving (horses) on the left a century
    before it was necessary to change gears... There was a rumour that it
    actually dates back to Roman times, but I can't remember the details...

    Paul in Victoria (Canada so I'm not a yank!!) :-)



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