Is that why toilets swirl the other way in the other hemisphere?

Howard R. Ressel
Project Design Engineer

[Dept of Transportation Logo-with gov and commish names-memo]


From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Martin Vlietstra
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 3:27 AM
To: 'Peter Goodyear'; 'Mark Henschel'; 'John Dunlop'; 'U.S. Metric Association'
Subject: [USMA 232] Re: From Queen Elizabeth


ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open attachments or 
click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails.

I read one article which suggested that driving on he left was safer in the 
Northern Hemisphere and on the right in the Southern Hemisphere as this 
counter-acted the Coriolis force and hence the risk of whirlwinds.

From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Goodyear
Sent: 11 July 2016 22:50
To: Mark Henschel; John Dunlop; U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA 218] Re: From Queen Elizabeth

In Australia we also drive on the wrong side of the road in cars with manual 
gearboxes and negotiate roundabouts clockwise in speeds measured in kilometres 
per hour. It’s a miracle we’re not all dead from traffic accidents.

It’s going to be a cold 10ºC today in Melbourne

Best wishes,

Peter Goodyear


On 12 Jul 2016, at 07:39, Mark Henschel 
<mwhensch...@gmail.com<mailto:mwhensch...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Interesting thing about the British and their roundabouts, and driving on the 
left side of the road.

I was in a car being driven around England a few years back. The driver sits on 
the right, but the gear shift is in the left, in the middle of the car. So 
since they travel on the opposite side of the road, their roundabouts turn 
clockwise,  not counter clockwise as ours do.

So here we are with the driver on the right, her left hand on the gear shift, 
right hand on the steering wheel, left foot on the clutch and right foot on the 
accelerator, and attempting to go counterclockwise into a roundabout. All the 
time looking right and turning left. At least in the USA we can use our best 
hand for most of us (right handers) on the gear shift and just hold the 
steering wheel with the left hand, look left and turn right, but I imagine it 
is a challenge to constantly use your left hand to shift gears if you are right 
handed.

Few European cars have automatic transmissions. Even when I rented cars in 
Germany, they were usually stick shift but diesel engines. Hmmm. wonder if I 
got one of the cars VW cheated on the emissions with?

Mark

On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 4:15 PM, John Dunlop 
<jrdun...@igc.org<mailto:jrdun...@igc.org>> wrote:
I just received a note from Queen Elizabeth.  She has declared that we are 
flubbing democracy, and therefore, effectively immediately, our independence is 
revoked.  Among the changes she will implement in the country formerly known as 
the USA:

6. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start 
driving on the left side with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go 
metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables.  
Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of 
humour.

John

John Dunlop
jrdun...@igc.org<mailto:jrdun...@igc.org> personal email
612-374-2181<tel:612-374-2181> home phone

_______________________________________________
USMA mailing list
USMA@colostate.edu<mailto:USMA@colostate.edu>
https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma

_______________________________________________
USMA mailing list
USMA@colostate.edu<mailto:USMA@colostate.edu>
https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma

_______________________________________________
USMA mailing list
USMA@colostate.edu
https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma

Reply via email to