Per
I was reading a book in the summer about a  guy who in 1910 drove a Humber
from England to Spain.  Apparently at that time France like England drove on
the Left hand side of the road, a near accident took place in the Alps where
unknown to the driver the road priority changed from left to right.
Switzerland at the time drove on the right hand side of the road. Needless
to say a few brusque verbal exchanges took place!

This is a very interesting link to have found, as I have always understood
it to be from horsemanship and the hand in which you held the horse reins
and your whip. i.e. in England we have always favoured the reins in the left
and whip in the right, and therefore sat on the right of the right of the
carriage.

David Clark
1985 VW Autosleeper VHT 1.9 2WD
www.soft.net.uk/vwt2oc
(see members rides)
1960 Humber Super Snipe Estate 3L
www.humberonia.freeserve.co.uk
1985 Fiat Uno 1.1L automatic (wife's)

----- Original Message -----
From: Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: 14 December 1999 23:52
Subject: Re: Why do we drive on right/left side??

> It was quite interesting, and I was partially right about the knights on
> the stallions (Sir Volkswagen vs. Sir Chevrolet??)
>
> PerL
> 87 Syncro 112i
>
> Doug Alcock wrote:
>
> > I Asked Jeeves and got this link;
> >
> > http://www.travel-library.com/general/driving/drive_which_side.html
>