Question:
Might seem like a silly question, but I think most commonwealth countries drive on the left (Just like mother England!).
Why / when did Canada decide that they would drive on the right (was it because of the French connection?)
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the reasons are two fold1. most people are right handed in an old country the weapon of choice was the sword . if you were to draw a sword right handed to face an adversary you would prefer to be to the left of them. in younger countries the weapon of choice is the hand gun when drawn with right hand you would want to be to the right of your adversary.
2. because of [1] u.s. wagon [studebaker] and auto makers put the driver on the left hand side of said vehicles the reason canada followed suit is because;[A] u.s. autos are widely available and cheap to import [B] are manufactured in canada [C] until the early 1970's were the only vehicles best suited for long distance travel under canada's extreme conditions
note studebaker built wagons for the westward movement long before any automobiles were built, they and most other american and canadian coach makers were left hand drive
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U.S. influence? I can't imagine driving from U.S. to Canada and having to switch sides.If a eletric train is going south and the wind is blowing east which way does the smoke blow?
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makes sense. if i went to canada i qould have a terrible time trying to drive, and vice versa. we are neighbors. maybe thats the reason.Why is the power of a car called BRAKE HORSE POWER ?
'Cause the right is right, and left is just crazy. Their cars are mostly left hand drive, so driving on the left wouldn't be OK. Where they sell right hand drive cars, you drive on the left. The driver stays on the inside of the road.Can I learn to drive in a week?
Wouldn't it be pretty dumb to have to change sides of the road when you cross the US Canadian border? We're a lot closer to Canada than any other commonwealth country. My question is why did the Brits have to go contrary to everyone else and drive on the left side of the road?????What is a good car for a beginning driver?
Napolean was responsible for right hand drive in Europe. Henry Ford was responsible for rhd in North America.Does getting a ticket for a red light make insurance go higher?
I was told the reason we Brits drive on the left is that in the days of the Knights they rode on the left of the lanes so they could use their right hand if they needed to draw their swords.The other reason being when I smoke I can hold my cigarette in my right hand and flick it out of the window.Canada despite common perception is not part of the British empire. They follow most of the rest of the world and drive on the right side of the road.
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Probably for the same reason that the Americans do. Despite what they show in the cowboy movies, when settlers set out across America with their wagons the wagon driver sat on one of the house, not at the front of the wagon (which would have wasted carrying space). Because most people are right handed they would sit on the left hand side horse so they could use their stronger right hand to control the horse beside them. So sitting on the right side of a vehicle became the norm in North America.How many stoplights are there in the entire USA?
In Europe the norm was to drive on the left. This dated from the middle ages when pilgrims were told by the Pope to pass on the left in order to indicate to those approaching them they they had no ill intent. Again, most people being right handed, carried their weapons in their right hand and their shield in their left. So, if they were intending to fight they would position their opponent to their left so they could swing their weapon around their shield . Passing on the left made this aggressive posture more difficult.
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This was the norm until Napoleon fell out with the pope and decreed that everywhere within his Empire should drive on the right. Over time, convenience caused this to spread to other parts on mainland Europe (Sweden didn't change to the right until the late 1960s/1970's).
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