Is right,right?
why must you drive on the right side of the road in some countries and on the left side of the road in other countries? Investigate the question and you find a lot of confusion on right versus left. about a quarter of the world drives on the left,and most of those countries used to be British colonies. In England,people drive on the left, but on escalators, they stand on the right, so that people who are in a hurry can go up on the left. In Japan, they drive on the left,too,but people usually stand on the left on escalators.
There are different explanations for the use of right versus left. Some people believe that it is a natural tendency to walk or drive on the right. this is because most people are right-handed.
we can look back in history for reasons people move on the right or left of the road. Some people say that in Europe hundreds of years ago,people rode their horses on the left. This way, their sword was between them in the opposite direction. they were ready to pull out their sword and fight to defend themselves with their right arm. But there is evidence that people used the right side, too. In 1300, some say that Pope Boniface ordered pilgrims on the way to St.Peter's Basilica to stay to the right when they crossed a nearby bridge.