Why we drive on the right side of the road?

Answer 1

Long time ago, ( before automobile) they drive Chariot, during that they used the whip to control the horses. If they ride left side of the road, the whip conflict and tied each other. for that reason the use to drive on right side of the road..

Answer 2

By design the early leaders of the United States changed as many daily activities to differ from England as possible,driving on the right side of the road was one of them as well as drinking coffee instead of tea,men cut off their pony tails and wore short hair are a couple more examples.Today the hatred of England in the United States is almost forgotten but it lasted for well over 100 years.My grandfather once said if they[England} thought it would be possible to retake America today they would do it.That is how intence our dislike for England,like a disobient child personia we differed from our parrent country every way we could.

Answer 3

Because it's a big country.

Let me explain. In a big country, large loads had to be carried overland. In a small country like the uk, the large loads used to go by sea or river or canal.

Before railways, overland transport depended on horse, mules or oxen. Let's concentrate on horses.

If you're wearing a sword, you can only mount your horse from the left. It makes sense to continue riding on the left-hand side, particularly as this means your sword arm is nearest to oncoming traffic. After all, the oncoming traffic might be bandits.

But suppose you're driving a cart. You need to sit where you can watch your offside wheels and stop them fouling the wheels of oncoming traffic. So you sit on the right-hand side of your cart. In the UK we still do.

BUT if you're dragging a heavy load over difficult country, you need more horses. And with more than a maximum of six, you can't control them from the cart; you have to sit on one of the horses. (This makes you a postillion, by the way.) As you have to mount from the left, you're going to be on a left-hand horse. So if you want to be where you can see your wheels, you have to drive on the right.

So you do.

Answer 4

There's a couple different stories circulating about this. One is that it was due to the influence of the French during the American Revolution, but the one I believe to be more likely is that it's the result of teamster horse drawn wagons, which had no driver's seat, so the driver would sit on the left, to allow them to hold the whip in their right hand, and the reins in their left.

By the way, you may also want to note that a vast majority of countries drive on the right. Even your largest Commonwealth Dominion (Canada) sold you out in this regard.

Answer 5

There's a couple different stories to this, but the most plausible one seems to be on account of stagecoaches, where the driver would sit on the left side of the operator's platform. If that stagecoach were being passed by another stagecoach, the stagecoach operators preferred to be on the right side as they were being passed so that they could ensure they had sufficient clearance between their stagecoach and the passing stagecoach.

Answer 6

They drive on the right hand side of the road.

Answer 7

They do everything different from the rest of the world xD.