What side of the road do they drive on?

( girlinthehole, Thu 15 Sep 2011, 10:47, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Probably the wrong one, everyone but us seems to.
Based on Troll Hunter this is true of Norway, anyway.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 15 Sep 2011, 10:50, Reply)

No, they drive on the right
which is the right side as well. Because it's the right one, you see?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 15 Sep 2011, 10:50, Reply)

Y'see, driving on the left has a historical logic behind it.
When it was men on horses it left you sword arm facing your (possible) opponent. I'm not sure what the logic for doing it the other way around is. Maybe it's a pacifist thing.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 15 Sep 2011, 10:53, Reply)

Not really
Napoleon wanted a system that was contrary to the romans, to mark the difference in the Imperium. You English refused to do anything Napoleon wanted.

However, these days, nobody uses their swords while on horses on the road, so I think you can forget about it and change your system. Sweedish did it overnight, and it worked prety well (yeah, I know, traffic there is a lot less than here)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 15 Sep 2011, 10:57, Reply)

I think the principal of not doing it just to be different from the French (and pretty much everyone else it seems) still stands.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 15 Sep 2011, 11:10, Reply)