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Re: [T3] perfection


Dave,

But, I think France only changed to driving on the right in 1928 or maybe even
later.

Simon Glen
Toowoomba, Australia.

Dave Hall wrote:

> > No kidding! Very strange, makes me wonder why you EVER were
> > a "drive on the left" country. Were you the only such country in
> > continental Europe?
> >
>
>  I believe it was the French revolution that caused the practice to change.
> People who wanted to show they were revolutionaries when driving their
> carriages passed on the right.  The guillotine was a powerful incentive to
> copy this!  I suppose it just became adopted, but Sweden chose not to change
> (too cold for a revolution, I suppose).
>
> Dave.
> UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
>

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