[Milsurplus] Toggle switch conventions

[mikea]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 01:57:09PM -0400, David Edsall wrote:

> By the way, the Swedes made the change from left side to right one afternoon
> at rush hour, when traffic was heavy - that was deliberate, to involve as
> many people as possible.  At a specified time all traffic stopped, and
> everyone changed sides, according to the version I was told.  Simple and
> practical.
> Any Swedes on the list who were there?

The version I got, from a Swede who was there, is that it took place,
by design, when the traffic would be lightest: Sunday morning. This
makes *much* more sense to me -- but then I work for a state highway
department, and we have to deal with such things all the time.

At a specified time, everyone pulled off the road, stopped, and       
changed sides. She didn't tell me how the side-changing was           
accomplished, and I didn't think to ask.                              

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Mike Andrews
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Tired old sysadmin since 1964