Why do Londoner drive on the right-hand side at the Strand ( London ) ?

Answer 1

It's actually savoy court that you are referring to, which is off the strand, it is the entrance to the savoy hotel.
It is also a private road.
The reason was as follows:
It was to allow the taxi drivers to reach out their arm from the drivers side window to open the passenger side door, of which always opened up backwards, and the handle to the door was situated at the front, nearest the cabby.
It prevented him from the need to actually getting out of the cab to open the door, particularly useful when puddles were on the floor, and enabled the ladies and gents to be dropped off directly outside the door.
If you look on the older styles cabs (fairways) you will see that the doors still open backwards, but these will soon phased out, because mayor Livingstone don't like them, (another part of the London heritage gone).
There was a myth, that it was to allow the drivers of the handson cab (horse drawn) to set down their passengers discreetly (particularly ladies) to spare them there modesty.

Answer 2

Savoy Court is a cut de sac (dead end street), at the far end of savoy court, on the right is the savoy theatre which was built in 1881 by Richard D'Oyly Carte, In 1889 the theatre owners built the Savoy hotel to the Left of the theatre. it quickly became apparent that traffic driving on the left and queing with theatre goers arriving and leaving the theatre would be blocking the Hotel main entrance, an application was made to the government to alter traffic regulations to allow traffic to use the right hand side of the carriageway, this was particularly useful for cabs dropping people at the theatre as they were then empty to pick up Hotel guests leaving the hotel. it has nothing to do with cab drivers leaning out of their windows to open the cab door, at the time of the hotel being built, cabs were still horse drawn carriages, four wheelers with the driver sitting out side at the front and two wheel hansom cabs with the driver sitting high up at the back.

Answer 3

There is only one place in the Strand that drivers drive on the right is the entrance to the Savoy Hotel from the Strand is because there is a small turning circle by the main door, coming in on the left, there is the corner of the building jutting out. Or run over the pavement.

Answer 4

cos they cant drive on the left.