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Legend of historical map

i can't find anything on the map corresponding to the yellow and puce of the legend. If you open the image, those colors don't appear in the multilinguistic legends 2607:FEA8:FF01:4FA6:F904:8AC1:758A:648D (talk) 13:38, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect LH/RH in some territories

Germany drives on the left, UK drives on the Right, Hong Kong drives on the Right, please revise. BossGavinV (talk) 22:59, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You may be confusing the terms "drives on [side]" and "[side] hand drive". The former specifies which side of the road to drive on, the latter specifies which side of the vehicle the driving controls and driver's seat is located.

In the UK and Hong Kong, traffic drives on the left side of the road, and most vehicles are right-hand drive.

In Germany, traffic drives on the right, and most vehicles are left-hand drive. 146.198.250.128 (talk) 10:59, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

oh, i see, thanks. BossGavinV (talk) 19:30, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The real reason

You are bringing politics into this?! Come on, guys.

. I have walked, ridden and driven, and even reversed, a trailer, on both sides, and it makes no (real) difference. But I'll tell you where it does: with sidecars. Even before motorbikes, lots of bikes had sidecars, and then in the early days of motoring there were more motorbikes with sidecars than cars, because cars were expensive, and only for the wealthy. And since most of us are right-handed we mount a bike from the left, in which case it's better if the sidecar is on the right, in which case it's better to ride on the RHS, of the road, e/specially at night, since the only headlight is on the bike! And what about the Brits, and their empire? Well, we all know that they are conservative and their aristocracy are foreigners so they didn't care about the poor people in sidecars, so they refused to change, over. If your sidecar is on your right, then you will keep to the right, no matter what, e/specially at night.

. The idea about Henry Ford choosing LHD for his Model T makes sense because he wanted to make the changeover from horse and buggy as easy as possible, since most of us hold the reins with our left and do everything else with our right, including using a pistol, but I think that the preferred side of the road was chosen by then already, by the bikes with sidecars, and I can see them getting aggro and refusing to move, over, if a car came at them on their side, e/specially if they had a passenger. 2406:3400:31B:FEE0:803B:7CEF:1A84:F98A (talk) 03:19, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We need reliable sources for content to be added to the article, not just your own speculation. HiLo48 (talk) 03:51, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough but that's the best I can do and I don't care if it's not added to the article.

I think that it's correct and that most people will agree, with me. 58.96.78.77 (talk) 11:48, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What you think about what other people think is irrelevant. We need reliable sources for content to be added to the article. HiLo48 (talk) 23:14, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Are we sure about the French explanation?

. I accept that the French aristocracy rode and drove on the left, which made sense for the peasants to walk on the other side, against the traffic, as we are advised to do today, for our safety. But why would they then choose to ride and drive on the right, thereby forcing the peasants to walk on the left?! What would that accomplish? It would just make them aggro.

. I do not accept that the peasants rode and drove on the right, to start with. That would make sense only on a 1 way road. If the peasants also walked, rode and drove on the left and had to get out of the way for the aristocrats, then surely they would just get off the road, on the left!

. On which side, of a 2 lane road, did Napoleon march his army? 58.96.78.77 (talk) 12:40, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]