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Originally Posted by Dravyk
At least we drive on the correct side of the road!!   |
Well, the English drive on the left because in the days of chivalry, when strangers passed each other on horseback they would shake or salute with their right hands - their spear-carrying hand - if they had been on the right-hand side then they would have shaken left hands but might have lunged a spear with their right hands. So it was much safer and politer.
Now... I'm not saying Americans aren't chivalrous...
