Why do people insist on walking on the right when it means they have their backs towards oncoming traffic, on most roads in the UK, when walking near to the kerb?
2007-02-17 09:30:57 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
They should walk on the side facing the oncomig traffic, so they can see it and get out of the way.
2007-02-17 09:34:20 · answer #1 · answered by R.E.M.E. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Traditionally, men walked nearest the kerb, and the woman away from the kerb. This was so the man could protect the woman from being splashed by a passing carriage.
2007-02-17 17:42:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check the highway code, walking towards oncoming traffic, eg, the right in uk is safest where no paths are, as drivers can see you as they approach
2007-02-21 07:45:55 · answer #3 · answered by maximizingman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a military standard for men to walk on the right hand side of women, in case a superior is sighted and the man needs to salute (saluting is done with the right hand). The same can be said for anyone enlisted who is walking with someone who isn't.
2007-02-17 17:40:13 · answer #4 · answered by bunnie_tilley 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tradition
2007-02-17 18:49:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I walk on the right and sometimes I walk on the left hand side of the road! it depends on what side of the road the place I need to is!!
2007-02-17 17:35:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Safety and common sense dictates you walk facing oncoming traffic.
2007-02-18 16:21:15 · answer #7 · answered by Ian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe they like the danger of walking on the kerb
2007-02-17 17:34:43 · answer #8 · answered by dane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's generally the men that walks on the right when with his lady and harks back to the times when men carried swords. They were carried on the left so his right hand was free to draw it if he had too.
2007-02-17 17:34:38 · answer #9 · answered by tucksie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Straight people walk on the right and the gays walk on the left
2007-02-17 17:41:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋