Subj : Right and Left To : alexander koryagin From : Roy Witt Date : Fri Jul 06 2018 22:01:01 alexander koryagin wrote to All: ak> From: alexander koryagin ak> Hi All! ak> I always wondered why Englishmen chose left driving and overtaking on ak> (??) the right side. Even when they go down along their elevators in ak> the underground Englishmen stay on the right side of the elevator and ak> walk down along the elevator left side. I.e. intuitively they think ak> that overtaking on the left side is better, but road rules are not ak> the thing that can be changed easily. I think of it as 'right is right' and 'left is wrong'. That also works in escalators and stairways. When you pass (overtake) another car, you're driving on the wrong side of the road, which is allowed for as long as it takes to do so without endangering an oncoming car who is traveling the right way on his side of the road. ak> Although in Australia they say that people go down and overtake on ak> the elevator right side and stay on the left side. Rather confusing ak> thing for tourists, probably. ;-) If the Aussies do that, then they are half right...only wrong when they drive. R\%/itt --- GoldED+/W32 1.1.5-31012 --- D'Bridge 3.92 * Origin: Lone-Star BBS - San Antonio, Texas - USA (1:387/22) .