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	Encyclopedia: Right Hand Drive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Most people use their right hand for fencing and when horse-mounted, travelling on the left side of the road was the only way to draw and be able to use the sword swiftly.
		Until 1946, driving in mainland China was mixed, with cars in the northern provinces driving on the right, and cars in the southern provinces such as Guangdong driving on the left, probably a result of their proximity to the British crown colony of Hong Kong and the Portuguese exclave of Macau.
		However, driving on the right was more common in France; this was imposed by Napoleon Bonaparte on the countries he occupied, and thus it became the practice in their colonies.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Right-Hand-Drive (2688 words)

	Rules of the road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Italy the practice of traffic driving on the right first began in the late 1890s, but it was not until the mid 1920s that it became standard throughout the country.
		Until 1946, driving in mainland China was mixed, with cars in the northern provinces driving on the right, and cars in the southern provinces such as Guangdong driving on the left, probably a result of their proximity to the British crown colony of Hong Kong and the Portuguese enclave of Macau.
		However, driving on the right was more common in France; this was imposed by Napoleon Bonaparte (who is said to have been left-handed) on the countries he occupied, and thus it became the practice in their colonies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Right_Hand_Drive (4259 words)

	Rules of the road
		There are exceptions: Japan and Indonesia drive on the left although they were never British colonies, and Canada drives on the right although it was.
		In Italy the practice of driving on the right first began in the late 1890s, but it was not until the mid 1920s that it became standard throughout the country.
		Although the British territory of Gibraltar changed to driving on the right in 1929, in order to avoid accidents involving vehicles from Spain, many public buses until recently were RHD, with a special door allowing passengers to enter on the right hand side.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/r/ru/rules_of_the_road.html (1653 words)

	Right-Left Hand Drive - One Theory.....
		American motorists tended to drive on the right to distance themselves, if not their offside fenders, from poles and posts on that side of the road.
		But it was Napoleon who insisted carriages in Continental Europe would drive on the right - that is, on the opposite side of the road to English carriages.
		Until Mussolini made all on the traffic run on the right of the road in 1923, Italy was a frightening place to drive.
	home.off-road.com /~ozifsja/tech/rhd_lhd.htm (666 words)

	Re: Right Hand Drive - Why? -- NMC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Oh, and the story I heard is that Americans drive on the right-hand side of the road, just to be different from the Britsh...
		After the brits were done with their > bloodsucking, they left (or were kicked off) those colonies, washed their > hands, showed up with a clean face, conveniently forgot their own > atrocities, and joined the allies to point fingers at what the germans have > done to humanity.
		One of them is the right hand drive.
	realbig.com /miata/2000-08/93.html (253 words)

	GTP Forums - Right Hand Drive Vs. Left Hand Drive
		Apparently the US driving on the right relates to the type of horse and cart used where it was easier for the driver to control the layout of three oxen they were using.
		On the right hand argument, wouldn't it be preferable to have your strong hand on the wheel?
		The UK originally started with the steering on the right because the gearshift was outside the car, therefore initially, the gears were changed with the right hand, which was important given that they required precision.
	www.gtplanet.net /forum/printthread.php?t=17537 (1782 words)

	Rules of the road -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Driving safely is usually easier if a driver can adapt to both written and unwritten local rules of the (An open way (generally public) for travel or transportation) road.
		But trucks in California are subject to the rule that they must stay in the right lane as much as possible, or in the right two lanes where the roadway has four or more lanes going in their direction.
		However, driving on the right was more common in (A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe) France; this was imposed by (French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)) Napoleon Bonaparte on the countries he occupied, and thus it became the practice in their colonies.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ru/rules_of_the_road.htm (6265 words)

	Right hand drive vs. left hand drive - MINI2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In america, our left hand drive cars have the pedals set-up as gas and brake are your right foot and the clutch is your left foot.
		My question, and assumption, is that not all of Europe drives on the left side, and this being true, there must be people driving RHD on the left as well as right sides of the road.
		Incidently, I had a colleague once who insisted that since most of the world was right-handed it was logically safer to drive a RHD car as you would always have your stronger hand in contact with the wheel while the weaker one changed gear.
	www.mini2.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-54739.html (2724 words)

	Right hand drive! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Babu Jafar Abul Hassan (55) has been driving a taxi on the streets of Mumbai for the past 11 years without a single accident.
		The cabbie, who used to drive a truck earlier, had an accident while handling a motor pump set in Mumbai in 1987.
		His left hand had to be amputated, after he was burnt by an electric shock.
	web.mid-day.com /news/city/2005/september/119832.htm (373 words)

	Right Hand Drive Conversion Kits - Postal Things Inc.
		Our RHD conversion kits are fully guaranteed for as long as you own your rural route vehicle so there is no need to worry when you purchase a right hand drive conversion kit from Postal Things Incorporated.
		We are also working to make right hand drive conversions and other products available for other makes and models of vehicles to be converted to RHD.
		RHD conversion vehicles help the rural letter carrier on their postal route by providing a safe right hand drive experience so you don't have to reach over the seat.
	www.postalthings.com (515 words)

	BBC News \| ASIA-PACIFIC \| Cambodia bans right-hand drive cars
		A ban on right-hand drive vehicles came into effect in Cambodia on Monday, leaving thousands of cars liable to be confiscated by the government.
		The ban follows years of warnings for car-owners to have their steering columns changed from the right to left.
		In Cambodia, a former French protectorate, motorists drive on the right-hand side.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1096303.stm (320 words)

	Enjoy The Drive -- Right Hand Drive Conversion
		The Escalade is not made in the right hand drive.
		A: Contact Mammoth Trucks (250-494-8941, www.mammothtrucks.com) for your right-hand drive Escalade, or any other SUV you may be interested in.
		Their research has taken them to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, all RHD countries, and have built up contact and sources of supply that enable them to convert any LHD vehicle to RHD.
	www.enjoythedrive.com /content?id=26203 (153 words)

	used right hand drive vehicle
		Right Hand Drive Jeeps - Providing RHD Jeep Wrangler and Used Cherokee...
		Why do some countries drive on the right and others on the left ?Most of the drivers of these countries use right-hand-drive vehicles.
		Encyclopedia: Right Hand DriveCars remained right-hand drive (RHD) until the mid 1920s,...
	used-car.poilk.com /used-right-hand-drive-vehicle.htm (263 words)

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