[Milsurplus] Toggle switch conventions

Tue, 9 Sep 2003 22:39:58 -0400

There is a reason why they drive on the "wrong"  side (in fact, everyone
drove on the left side,  even in the US in the beginning): it comes from
carriage driving.
The whip is in the right hand. You want the whip on the "far" side from the
curb so you don't hit pedestrians. The same goes with horseback riding,
where the crop is usually in the right hand. All carriage traffic was to the
left for this reason. The horseless carriage just continued the tradition.
When carriage traffic diminished on the roads and there were more cars than
carriages in the cities, many countries changed the traffic direction to the
right. Some countries, like the UK , Australia, New Zealand, Japan and
others still drive on the left, the traditional way. Sweden switched to
driving on the right only in the 1960's.

BTW, one of my other hobbies is -  besides military surplus - horseback
riding and carriage driving for sport...

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC

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Oh well, they drive on the wrong side of the road over there too, HI!.

Dennis D.   W7QHO, Ex. G5BSW