On Thu, 15 May 2008 08:31:07 +0100, "Dave Larrington"
wrote:
>In news:-K2dnR8n2arolbbVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@pipex.net,
>JNugent tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell us:
>> Cynic wrote:
>
>>> In some countries it is a rule of the road that pedestrians and
>>> cyclists must travel on the opposite side of the road to motorised
>>> traffic so that they will see it coming in time to get out of the
>>> way.
>>
>>> Which I believe is a sensible rule.
>>
>> So I see.
>>
>> It takes all sorts.
>>
>> PS: You've intrigued me. Name one of those countries.
>
>Large swathes of the USA used to have such a rule. Older USAnians taught to
>ride a bicycle thus are sometimes to be found still doing so, to the alarm
>of other road users.
>
>It is an idead so far beyond Barking that the District Line doesn't even go
>there.
It's recommended for pedestrians in the Highway Code. |