In Russia, in 1709, the Danish envoy under Tsar Peter the Great noted the widespread custom for traffic in Russia to pass on the right, but it was only in 1752 that Empress Elizabeth (Elizaveta Petrovna) officially issued an edict for traffic to keep to the right. In addition, the French Revolution of 1789 gave a huge impetus to right-hand travel in Europe. Therefore he kept to the right side of the road. Since he was sitting on the left, he naturally wanted everybody to pass on the left so he could look down and make sure he kept clear of the oncoming wagon’s wheels.
Which is right and left side of car driver#
These wagons had no driver’s seat instead the driver sat on the left rear horse, so he could keep his right arm free to lash the team. In the late 1700s, however, teamsters in France and the United States began hauling farm products in big wagons pulled by several pairs of horses.
It is safer to mount and dismount towards the side of the road, rather than in the middle of traffic, so if one mounts on the left, then the horse should be ridden on the left side of the road. Right-handed knights preferred to keep to the left in order to have their right arm nearer to an opponentįurthermore, a right-handed person finds it easier to mount a horse from the left side of the horse, and it would be very difficult to do otherwise if wearing a sword (which would be worn on the left).
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