Letter from Prague Why Czechs drive on the right
Nowadays, Britain and some of its former colonies are almost the only countries where people drive on the left. Sticking to the left was originally the general rule, and was legislated by a papal decree around 1300. Under Robespierre, France switched to the right, or from my point of view as an Irishman, the wrong side of the road. This was evidently a gesture of independence from Rome, and Napoleon imposed the change on the countries he conquered around the continent.
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