You are familiar with the old saying, "Do as I say, not as I do"?
Besides, there seems to be a lot animosity toward Jolly Old England and their press. After all, if it had not been for the British stiff upper lip, Europe would not be much concerned much with 3G but with a different 3. Seems to be very hard for some to acknowledge this bit of history. Some "Very Important Countries" rolled over in a week or so. The recent sniping at England's driving scheme shows a complete lack of understanding as shown by this snip from a Major CDR program's user list.
"For roads we use miles but most of everything else is metric. We actually drive on the correct side of the road, Washington and Napoleon decided to drive on the wrong side of the road to annoy us. The idea is simple, 90% of people are right handed and as such when driving your horse and cart the whip is, 9 times out of 10, in the right hand. So when you get to a peasant blocking the road you want the whip to be near the outside of the vehicle so that you can use it to clear the way. Now, I have had some of my American friends point out that they prefer to use guns for this these days, which is fine, but 90% of people would still be right handed and thus would need to be sat on the right of the car in order to shoot otherwise they would be blowing holes in the wind-screen. We can thus prove that driving on the left in right hand drive cars is the natural order of things and is the way things should be."
Link provided on request.
I can vouch for the use of guns in US, drive by shootings are a common occurrence. |
