Why do british people drive other side of the road?

Question:
Whole world drives from right! Only english and former english colonies drive from left... WHY?

Answers:

New mobile phone law...?

They are asking the same thing about the rest of the world. To them everyone else is driving on the wrong side of the street. To them, being involved in a head on accident where the driver is further away from each other means better chance of survival. Hitting the part of a car where no one is sitting is better than if someone was sitting there. And look at the normal size of their vehicles. Extremely small, usually two seat-er (two people) only.

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Who gets the seat belt ticket?

well here is your answer, and it dates waaaay back to 1300AD..http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_...

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Why are people such a*sholes when it comes to driving in the rain?

We drive on the left in New Zealand and when i went to usa i kept getting into the drivers seat as its the passenger seat in nz.

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If my airbag deploys while I am wearing glasses will my eyes be subject to greater injury?

umm actually everybody drives on the left except america. So a better question would be-why do americans drive on the wrong side of the road?

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Whats the rules about window sun shades in back windows of cars when driving?

...cause we had first choice.

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How many people have broken the new law about driving whilst using mobile phones?

I heard it was because Napoleon didn't conquer the British.
Napoleon was left handed, this is all according to my mother who may or may not know as much as she says she does:)

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Car seat in Florida??

Scuse? The Brits have the steering wheel on the right hand side of the car. from the early days of car making, they figured the driver should be in the right hand seat.

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What are vehicle inspection regulations like in Europe?

Has to do with how knights greeted each other, and jousting. i don't remember exactly why, but that is how it originated.

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What website is it that you can say something about bad drivers by their license plate number?

Originally most countries drove on the left.
now 34% of the worlds population drive left and 66% right
and it isn't just British and commonwealth countries, Japan,Indonesia,U.S Virgin Islands to name a few

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Anyone drive or ride in a car with automatic seat belts and not use the lap part of the belt?

watch the knowledge channel. it was shown there. sometime before.

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Do you think it would be a good idea for all of us to "flash" drivers who use their mobiles when driving!

We drive on the proper side. The left. Napolean started all the drive on the wrong side nonsence, with typical French arrogance and anti-British sentiment. So they drove on the right.

Smoking and driving?

I assume America drive on the right because they were against Britain and with France before the war of independance.

Should Nj inspection be done for a 2004 car purchased recently. the dealer sticker is valid till 09/2007.?

Thats just my two pence worth...

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