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Originally Posted by Jimbuna
Must agree with you there but in the exact opposite context having driven across most of Europe over the years.
Nearly 75% of countries in the world require drivers to drive on the right side of traffic and tt is theorized that left-handed traffic began in the days of horse travel. The left-sided position but them at the advantage of having easy access to their sword with their right-handed in case of an enemy encounter.
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Yeah and i've heard the right handed traffic began as a question; "What side of the road should we use?" The "Right Side" of course!
But what is sad is that there was a time that a standard could have been instituted without any real inconvenience to either group, but now there's no fixing it without huge infrastructure changes and major major carnage.