Left or Right?
Which side of the road do they drive on highlights why some countries drive on the left and others on the right.
A few facts
- 34% of the world's population drives on the left.
- 28% of the world's roads are for left hand drivers. 31% countries have left hand drivers.
- People have a tendancy to keep right.
- Right handed swordsmen prefer to keep left to have their right arm nearer to an opponents and the scabard further away (to prevent it hitting anyone).
- Right-handed horse riders prefer to mount from the left, especially when wearing a sword.
- Jousters keep right as the lance crosses over the horses neck.
- Leading a horse or cart with the right hand allows you to avoid collusions easier. Wagon teams with postilion riders have better control by keeping right.
- Wagon teams driven from the wagon.
