# In England **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 30, 1999, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-england/2230 "1999-07-30T03:18:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 1999, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-england/2230/1 "1999-07-30T03:18:00Z")
In England, why do people drive on the left side of the road instead of the right side?? * * * ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 1999, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-england/2230/2 "1999-07-30T03:31:00Z")
Unca Cece has answered this one already. Here ya go: [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_021b.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_021b.html) * * * Jason R Remy “Open mindedness is not the same thing as empty mindedness.” – John Dewey _Democracy and Education_ (1916) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 1999, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-england/2230/3 "1999-07-30T03:35:00Z")
Because it’s the law. No, no sory because they are not ‘Right Thinking Americans’. Actually I think Cecil answered this once.I think it is a carry over from horse and wagon days. Teamster drove from right seat Why? I dunno. So he had room to swing a whip? So he could use his right foot on the brake?You got your nigh side and your off side. If that is correct then the ? should be why did every one else , 'cept the japanese and indians I think, change? * * * " Pardon me while I have a strange interlude."-Marx (Melissa Gilbert is in the rest room right now or she would have a snappy comeback) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 1999, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-england/2230/4 "1999-07-30T03:42:00Z")
OH MAN JAYRON jumped in there right when I was typing. Well, I was sorta right. I am as open minded as the next guy, no the one next to him,JAY, but I still think being simple minded is simply easier. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 1999, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-england/2230/5 "1999-07-31T00:32:00Z")
When in England, I noticed that people tend to keep to the left on walkways, as when driving. I kept bumping into people as I tended to keep to the right. Also, the British pleasure craft (boats) that I have seen, have the controls on the port (left) side. Ours are usually on the right (starboard). The Japanese tourests in Hawaii also keep to their left. Now, in Venice… * * * Zymurgist