tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3794697684312522467.post1194345873842061571..comments2024-03-14T04:13:52.274-04:00Comments on Lost in the Pond | British accent. American life.: Fact: American Steering Wheels Haven't Always Been On The Left Laurence Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273049523024052213noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3794697684312522467.post-7565242526282785062020-02-16T13:55:21.924-05:002020-02-16T13:55:21.924-05:00Erallen, you couldn’t be more wrong, it’s not a Br...Erallen, you couldn’t be more wrong, it’s not a British flag that’s sticking out of the Moon. paroikewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10416513224976483573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3794697684312522467.post-2102723950953097272020-02-01T20:21:26.524-05:002020-02-01T20:21:26.524-05:00I drive on the Right as in correct side of the roa...I drive on the Right as in correct side of the road 🏴Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02565337035097928240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3794697684312522467.post-4272128877332331152020-01-30T21:46:32.548-05:002020-01-30T21:46:32.548-05:00When did it become standard for the USA to have le...When did it become standard for the USA to have left hand drive?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3794697684312522467.post-44311916265392919272019-06-16T07:53:42.758-04:002019-06-16T07:53:42.758-04:00The main reason the US now drives in the right is ...The main reason the US now drives in the right is because of a mistake. Ford & other US car manufactures got the chassis made by the Austin Motor Co. of Birmingham Emgland and all early models are right hand drive, When Henry Ford decided to mass produce the Model T he asked Austin to supply the chassis, unfortunately Austin couldn't suppy the numbers required each month without affecting his own production so he (Austin) put Ford in touch with the Daimler Bros. in Germany who had a big enough factory to cope. When the chassis arrived in Fords factory to their horror the holes for the steering wheel column and pedals had been cut on the left hand side (Germans drove on the right)as opposed to Austin's right hand drive chassis. As it would take to much money and time in lost production instead of sending the chassis back to Germany Ford re jigged his production line and made the model T left hand drive. <br />It is for this reason alone that Americans now drive on the right. Matthew Nichollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06716259774065704910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3794697684312522467.post-84945650965349613422017-11-07T00:13:45.971-05:002017-11-07T00:13:45.971-05:00thank uthank uHayley Livingstonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3794697684312522467.post-28699076639221309962016-09-30T05:33:54.363-04:002016-09-30T05:33:54.363-04:00I wondered about this after watching "The Gre...I wondered about this after watching "The Great Race" set in the 1908, or thereabouts, and both "The Leslie Special" and "The Hannibal 8" were right-hand drive.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15269805071457180291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3794697684312522467.post-13655806905766681492016-05-11T16:51:19.357-04:002016-05-11T16:51:19.357-04:00These comments are all very well, but do Goats lik...These comments are all very well, but do Goats like fried eggs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3794697684312522467.post-62581993480870078502016-04-20T18:22:01.316-04:002016-04-20T18:22:01.316-04:00I've never heard any of my many gear head frie... I've never heard any of my many gear head friends engage in a silly discussion about which side of a vehicle the steering wheel is mounted..for us it's not how fast you want to go it's how much do you want to spend, who gives a rat's ass about the location of the steering wheelAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06612802307709813170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3794697684312522467.post-5672240602576643842015-09-27T21:35:11.356-04:002015-09-27T21:35:11.356-04:00Indeed Anon, we are all undereducated, because we ...Indeed Anon, we are all undereducated, because we aren't tuned into the world's driving behaviors. It's a wonder we get anything done around here.erallenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14405385717158353118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3794697684312522467.post-71571965220915789592015-08-04T02:46:00.180-04:002015-08-04T02:46:00.180-04:00verry informative verry informative http://www.zjsea.org/japanese-used-cars-sale-the-demand-for-used-car-sale-in-japan-still-exist-in-this-great-recession/http://www.zjsea.org/japanese-used-cars-sale-the-demand-for-used-car-sale-in-japan-still-exist-in-this-great-recession/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3794697684312522467.post-84547194636014191862015-02-18T08:14:05.251-05:002015-02-18T08:14:05.251-05:00When I hear Americans discussing UK & European...When I hear Americans discussing UK & Europeans left side driving it just reminds me their education must be fairly limited as the proportion of left to right side driving around the world is about 60/40 so although fewer are like us in the UK it's not that much less as the many countries that share the UK preference include India, Japan, Australia & many more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3794697684312522467.post-30467306246784097672014-01-09T22:06:44.837-05:002014-01-09T22:06:44.837-05:00There is one place in the United States where we d...There is one place in the United States where we drive on the left, the US Virgin Islands where the Danish who sold them to us in 1917 drove on the left. To this day the US Virgin Islands drive on the left, but with left hand drive American cars as right hand drive cars do not meet US Department of Transportation regulations....go figure! When I was there in the 1980s, it seemed surreal to see all these American cars driving on the left side of the road. What has always puzzled me is why European cars on the continent had right hand drive steering like the Dulage, Bugatti and Alfa-Romeo etc, when most of the continent in Europe, certainly in France and Italy drove on the right. One explaination I have seen was it was considered a safety issue on alpine roads where having view of the curbside was adventagous not to steer of the road. Early thinking in the US for carriages and early cars was the same, feeling that it was a safety issue to see what might be on the curb (kerb) since there wasn't much traffic outside the big cities. I think this was a very well thought out blog and the information was useful/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com