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WHY DO THE BRITISH DRIVE ON THE LEFT?
The custom of driving on the left-hand side of the road goes back many hundreds of years,
to the time when people wore swords when travelling. Everyone, 7.1. a knight or
a peasant, had to be ready for an attack from those approaching from the opposite direction.
As most people are right-handed, keeping to the left meant that you could easily use your
weapon to defend yourself if necessary.
In the late 1700s in North America, huge wagons drawn by several pairs of horses became
popular for transporting goods. They had no driver’s seat, so 7.2. control the horses,
the driver, who typically held his whip in his right hand, sat on the back left horse. Sitting on
the left, however, made it difficult to judge the wagon’s distance from passing traffic. The
problem led to suggestions that the wagons should be kept to the right. Pennsylvania was
the first American state 7.3. a keep-to-the-right law in 1792.
In Britain there wasn’t much call for these massive wagons and the smaller British vehicles
had a seat for the driver behind the horses. Traffic congestion in 18th-century London led to
a law being introduced to make all traffic on London Bridge keep to the left. This rule
7.4. throughout the British Empire.
Nowadays, only 35% of the world’s countries have left-hand driving regulations, and most of
these are islands.
Na podstawie: www.historic-uk.com
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