[Healeys] Left is right

[I Erbs]

My 3:00AM thought on this is that maybe Roman chariots is the reason.  
Train rails were determined by the width of chariot wheels. ....

I Erbs
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On Nov 30, 2009, at 5:59 AM, <robertduquette at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> So they left on the left.
>
> Robert Duquette
>
>> From: Editorgary at aol.com
>>
>> At the risk of prolonging this topic overlong, I remember hearing a  
>> puzzler
>> on Car Talk Radio a few years ago.
>>
>> Seems that the archaeologists had discovered the site of a  
>> prehistoric
>> quarry sight in Britain using infrared photography or some such.  
>> From the
>> photographs they were able to conclude that even in prehistory,  
>> Brits had
> driven
>> on the left. The puzzler was: How did they know that?
>>
>> The answer, once you hear it is obvious. They noted that at the  
>> point where
>> the quarry entrance/exit had been, the earth was more compacted on  
>> the
>> right side of the entrance than on the left. Obviously wagons,  
>> tumbrels, or
>> whatever they were using to haul the stones arrived empty and left  
>> full, so
> when
>> they came in and when they went out, they always drove to the left.
>>
>> So, Brits have been driving on the left side of the road for longer  
>> than
>> recorded history.
>>
>> Imagine that.
>>
>> Best
>> Gary
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