@@sal5387 In Britain, where Land Rover used to be, we stayed with tradition. Most people are right-handed, and that arm was kept to the left of oncoming traffic, to have a better chance of reacting if needed. That's the evidence, and the logic, from recorded history. The Napoleonic wars required ever larger logistical support, and the French military roads were enlarged to accommodate ever larger wagon trains with larger teams to draw them. They were so large a rider had to be placed on the leading left horse to mind the curb, otherwise they ran the risk of destroying the wheels. Thus, the convention of riding a vehicle on the left was born. Under Napoleon's Europe the convention was adopted across many of the countries under French rule. Some countries, such as Italy and Sweden for example, only recently converted to left hand drive. The American continents were similar, it was Henry Ford who settled the issue and put the steering wheel on the left. As his cars were popular, most manufacturers followed suit. So, a steering wheel on the left looks unnatural to those of us who stuck with the conventional side, about 40%. There is controversial evidence that reaction times and accidents favour the 40% of countries that stuck with it. I don't know with certainty if that explains it, but evidence has been provided to support the hypothesis. N.B. This is all simplified for brevity. Others are welcome to chip in and correct some of my points, but I shan't respond to anything impolite. My OP was just a friendly tease. All the best.
Good good dog!
Why is the steering wheel on the wrong side? Is this a copyright video? Lovely machine all the same.
Why do you call that the wrong side? 😂
@@sal5387 For this reaction :) Thanks for playing along.
@@Excession-h6e hmm okay 😬
@@sal5387 In Britain, where Land Rover used to be, we stayed with tradition. Most people are right-handed, and that arm was kept to the left of oncoming traffic, to have a better chance of reacting if needed. That's the evidence, and the logic, from recorded history.
The Napoleonic wars required ever larger logistical support, and the French military roads were enlarged to accommodate ever larger wagon trains with larger teams to draw them. They were so large a rider had to be placed on the leading left horse to mind the curb, otherwise they ran the risk of destroying the wheels. Thus, the convention of riding a vehicle on the left was born. Under Napoleon's Europe the convention was adopted across many of the countries under French rule.
Some countries, such as Italy and Sweden for example, only recently converted to left hand drive.
The American continents were similar, it was Henry Ford who settled the issue and put the steering wheel on the left. As his cars were popular, most manufacturers followed suit.
So, a steering wheel on the left looks unnatural to those of us who stuck with the conventional side, about 40%.
There is controversial evidence that reaction times and accidents favour the 40% of countries that stuck with it. I don't know with certainty if that explains it, but evidence has been provided to support the hypothesis.
N.B. This is all simplified for brevity. Others are welcome to chip in and correct some of my points, but I shan't respond to anything impolite. My OP was just a friendly tease.
All the best.
@@Excession-h6e I don't know what to say to all of that. I hope what you said is correct because it will mean I learned a bit of history ✌️