Brain Junk

311: "Right" Side Driving


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While doing the show notes for this episode, Trace looked into tips and tricks for when you take a vacation and have to drive on the opposite side of the road. The advice? Don't panic and purchase travel insurance LOL. There are so many different historical reasons for how countries chose what side of the road to drive on.

Show Notes:

Lancaster-Philadelphia Turnpike

Somerset Historical Center: The Conestoga Wagon

Windwagon Smith a Disney animated picture from 1961

Wikipedia left and right side

The Economist" Robespierre and driving on the moral side of the road

US Dept. of Transportation Federal Highway Administration: On the Right Side of the Road

UK car glass and their opinion on right side/left side

BBC: A 'thrilling' mission to get the Swedish to change overnight

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