2007-12-07 09:37:36 · 20 answers · asked by sebastian n 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
The practice of driving on either the left or right side comes from the ancient riding of wagons and horses where the knights favored their right side for fighting with weapons and wagon drivers use the foot brake on the right side. A matter of old choices. In later times more countries converted to right side driving because America exported vehicles with that configuration.
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2007-12-07 09:46:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cost to standardize it would be absolutely incredible especially since they would have to re-educate entire countries filled of drivers. Imagine what would happen if they standardized it so that we drive on the left, the accident rate would skyrocket in the US and commuter traffic which is bad enough in some areas would come to a standstill. It's the same with the metric vs standard system, it would be much easier if that was standardized too.
2007-12-07 09:41:57 · answer #2 · answered by LzT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not that simple. First of all, we as a planet would have to decide which side of the road we're going to drive on. We can't agree on anything else; how do you think that would work out? Second, in the countries who had to switch the side of the road they drive on, there would be tons of accidents. Have you ever driven in a country where they drive on the "wrong" side of the road? Third, what on earth would we do with all those vehicles that have the steering wheel on the opposite side?
2007-12-07 09:43:44 · answer #3 · answered by Criss_Mousse 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you tried to standardize road rules who's rules are you going to go by? I am sure it would cause more problems than it was worth trying to figure out what the standard should be.
Imagine world war 3 starts over who's road rules are the best road rules. The countries all have a summit over it and several leaders end up choking others who cannot agree to their rules.
Best just leave it the way it is
2007-12-07 09:41:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cars drove on that side where earlier the horse dran carrioages where driving. In Sweden they swapped from left to right in the 70s. This worked fine.
2007-12-07 09:41:48 · answer #5 · answered by psychopiet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
practically it would be impossible to get this as all cars are sold in one layout which cannot be changed(e.g. england left side of road driver on right, france right side of road driver on the left), also each country would want their side to be the standard one and driving with a car in the wrong layout is harder
2007-12-07 09:42:16 · answer #6 · answered by P0150N0U5 F15)-( 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would cost a fortune to standardize it.
Also, it is not that hard to adapt. I drove in the UK for the first time in September. In only a day or two, driving on the left was quite comfortable (which was quite surprising).
2007-12-07 09:40:31 · answer #7 · answered by PhotoJim 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think Newfoundland replaced into the final province to stress on the right element of the line. Newfoundland is a super island interior the Atlantic Ocean on the mouth of the St. Lawrence, so they could try this. i don't understand while Canadians began to stress completely on the right, yet i'm particular proximity to the u . s . a . had a lot to do with it. i think it began interior the horse and cart era. the motive force sat on the left section so as that he could desire to hold and handle the whip along with his ideal hand extra actual. and you probably did not elect to accidently spook the communities moving into the different direction, so it replaced into safer to stay on the right section. the concept for utilising on the left is going back to tough and arranged days of highwaymen etc. maximum folk are ideal-exceeded and can defend themselves with sword or pistol on an analogous time as on horseback. to that end bypass ideal to ideal (and return and forth to the left of a roadway/highway). additionally the width between automobiles relies on the way horses have been harnessed jointly or maybe the unit to describe the means of a motor vehicle (horsepower). besides, we stress on the right because of the fact it incredibly is much less confusing than attempting to alter components of the line at border crossings! it incredibly is probable a case of "anybody else is doing it, with a view to to" !
2016-12-10 15:52:14 · answer #8 · answered by melgoza 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drive on whatever side of the road you feel like.
2007-12-07 09:40:30 · answer #9 · answered by IrishFan2011 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats just the way it is, do you want to drive on the right side???? it would feel awkward
2007-12-07 09:40:05 · answer #10 · answered by mr fugi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋