Re: SER1 English/American

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It's commonly believed in England that Napoleon took to driving on the 
right specifically to confuse the English who were rampaging around 
France at the time and that the Americans followed them at the time of 
the American Revolution for much the same reason. And it's still pretty 
confusing.

David

Toby Wilkinson wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 September 2004 04:47, Diana Alan wrote:
> 
> 
>>And  Were European knights all left handed and
>>therefore drove on the right, except in Sweden when they swapped over sides
>>in the 1970's to conform to the rest of continental Europe?
> 
> 
> My understanding was that the French originated driving on the right due to a 
> left handed leader (Napolian IIRC, but I wouldn't swear to it) insisting on 
> everyone riding on the right hand side of the road, so that he would be at an 
> advantage. And that from then on it spread. However the English love to blame 
> things on the French, so it may not true.
> 
> --Toby (Who now has an MoT, and working flashing brake lights :-)
> 
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