The spiral staircases in ye olde castles were wound the way they were for the
same reasons. If you were attacking and trying to climb the stair it was
clockwise which made it awkward if your sword was in your right hand. If you
were defending it was anticlockwise and you could swing the sword much easier.
The centre steer of the prototype Series One was an attempt to emulate a
tractor. Walking around a tractor every time you wanted to get in the seat
would be a pain in the seat (literally).
For those not in North America, yesterday was SWMBO day and everyone this
weekend is busy cleaning and doing the dishes or whatever!!! Hang on to those
brownie points..
Dave
Frank Elson wrote:
> you write> >>Why do the Brit's drive on the left?<<
> originally to keep the sword hand free and, because it was easier to swipe
> with a sword on the right, rather than across the body to the left.
> Europe only changed when Napoleon was trying to change as much as possible
> (such as weights and measurements) as part of his economic war on the
> British.
> America changed at the same time 'cos they were happy to go along with
> anything anti-British...
> when the US motor car industry got going, followed by the European,
> left-hand drive just seemed to make more sense because they drove on the
> right and many other countries changed as they began to buy cars.
> Best Cheers
>
> Frank
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