I'm going to say British pass on the left because the jousting pole is
usually held by right handers.
Sailors pass on the right, yet don't know the origin of that. Maybe the
sailing tradition started a propensity to pass on the right for colonists.
Automobiles in the US are made so the driver can easily use his right hand
to operate a stick shift, which was mounted down the center of the
automobile on the transmission system.
- Robert -
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Wood <andrew.w...@landinst.com>
To: 'douglas_beckw...@mitel.com' <douglas_beckw...@mitel.com>
Cc: 'emc-pstc' <emc-p...@ieee.org>
List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org
Date: Friday, January 11, 2002 1:38 AM
Subject: RE: radar
>
>I don't know whether it is true or not, but I recall hearing this some time
ago....
>The convention of passing to the left on a road dates back to the days of
riding horse back and was related to the normal position for wearing a sword
or pistol.
>The first motor carriages had the driver sat centrally but kept to the same
convention.
> What I don't recall is the final piece of the story ie why most of the non
British Commonwealth nations decided to go the other way.
>
>Andy.
>
>
>
>
>> From: Douglas Beckwith@MITEL on 01/10/2002 11:17 AM
>> Aha, a man after my own heart. Now you are talking about real cars. As an
ex
>> South African living in Canada, I still can't get used to the idea of
driving on
>> the the wrong side of the road.
>>
>> Doug Beckwith
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Veit, Andy" <andy.v...@mts.com> on 01/10/2002 08:29:14 AM
>>
>> Please respond to "Veit, Andy" <andy.v...@mts.com>
>>
>> To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
>> cc: (bcc: Douglas Beckwith/Kan/Mitel)
>>
>> Subject: RE: radar
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >Why would someone want to take a car out of UK with the
>> >steering wheel on the wrong side?
>>
>> I can think of at least one good reason to take a RHD car out of the UK -
>> its called the Lotus Super 7.
>> There, its out in the open now. I am a British car nut. :)
>>
>> Rerards,
>> Andrew Veit
>> Systems Design Engineer
>> MTS Systems Corp
>> 1001 Sheldon Drive
>> Cary, NC 27513
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Woodgate [mailto:j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk]
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 3:35 PM
>> To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
>> Subject: Re: radar
>>
>>
>> I read in !emc-pstc that John Shinn <john.sh...@sanmina.com> wrote (in
>> <001f01c1992f$09f5c960$0b3d1...@hadco.comsanmina.com>) about 'radar', on
>> Wed, 9 Jan 2002:
>> >Why would someone want to take a car out of UK with the
>> >steering wheel on the wrong side?
>>
>> There are actually more *countries* where you drive on the left. Not
>> more RHD cars, though. (No, I don't have the list of RHD countries, but
>> it's on the web somewhere - everything is!)
>>
>> Besides, it is *undeniable* that a British car has the steering wheel on
>> the right side.
>> --
>> Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk
>>
>> After swimming across the Hellespont, I felt like a Hero.
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