[MR] What side of the road

[JBRMM266 at aol.com]

In a message dated Mon, 19 Nov 2001  9:53:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Phillip Jones" <phillip at mindless.com> writes:

> WHY do the english drive on the left? 

I too have heard about it being so they could bring swords into action.  It may date from later than Mediaeval times, though, since when knights rode at each other with lances they tended to go off-side to off-side, which would have them riding on the right side of the road . . .

Donal