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As I was driving to work this morning, for whatever reason, I began to think about our traffic systems … specifically about the right-hand and left-hand drive systems.

At first, the differences of these systems only occurred to me regarding modern automobile traffic and what the motivations might have been for the two systems. Does it have anything to do with the specific environments within which automobiles were developed? Does it have anything to do with most people being right-handed? Might it have anything to do with individual vs. group focus in different societies? Many potential scenarios run through my imagination.

I began researching the issue on the web and discovered that the origins of these systems began as far back as Roman times. (more…)