On 09/07/2014 4:43 PM, Chris wrote:
This sounds just like Imperial education. Very interesting how it equates Imperial practices with the "right" thing and the (continental) arch enemy with the "wrong" thing. By the way, there was a reason why combatant riders would ride on the right side on a tilting yard: they were right-handed. Just as it makes more sense to switch gears with the right hand and not with the (in most cases) weaker left hand.
Sorry, the correct side/wrong side designations was all me, I have trouble with light and reft, and didn't want to get mixed up with the 2 meanings of right. Perhaps its an artefact of my imperial education ^^
Also some argue that it makes more sense in a modern car to change gear with the left hand and keep the stronger arm on the steering wheel. Early right-hand-drive cars either had all foot operated gears, or they were on the outside (actually outside the cockpit) rather than in the middle because they needed real effort, modern gears especially automatics don't need that effort any more.
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