Driving on the left makes sense
In a panic situation, most people will swerve to the left. That's why aircraft carriers always have their control towers to the right of the landing cables, so that when pilots abort landings they don't slam into the tower. IMO it's usually better to leave the road in an emergency than to swerve into oncoming traffic.
(Axeman Jim, Wed 7 May 2008, 11:58, Reply)