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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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/