The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-20


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pR' IN '.' -''' '' w. ,"n' ,a whan
H. ,D. ei Doe '"gu away from nun When
twe,t.s .rp'U.r team that Ia. forced 10
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., "a hen the vehicles cams
con. .tr, a., crs,ou wa.
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d., rnf Know how the I..slish rule was
,,o,,'4 S h. nm interesting theory Is that
create "' -" -, L,i.h,.
II was born 30 the da's when armored khlghts
were the chief travellers on the highways
There va Il great deal Of uncertainty in
those '""'T &c.,, 80 a,d,ho tni,h,s
vere never -lrc but what the fellow coming
lion, might try to hand him out something
h'o,s hroadavord For thIs
WIN d pm ", 80 !, a r,lo >, b,,e
reason N" wary ones maue u d r"'" 10 mug
che lett side OF the road and let strangers pass
on the nigh, hand side. so as to keep them
l.N ~roh-
That idea I" romantic nut a mofe p'oo-
able reason Is that the early English carter
used +? driye his team riding on the ls6t hand
~. Tahiti Of mounting from the left hand
md also TO gtyn nm his right hand TO swing
q wSip over tn" other animal. when he
ss,iyb,ssd he pulled over to the left hand side
o. avoid the mud in the middle OF the road.
and fnally grew into the habit OF keeping TO
he lHtt uutiIit became a common observance.
II nrobabIe thai the American habit of
sitting t on the right hand side OF a vehicle
began in u e Colonial dSys when , ne Ters
da1G sn ,S Sl %ia end mf ' th "" sos, fr" sr" wyhich' thew
Would have a better range OF view for their
'SHoweysr the customs originated, IL would
seem ,hat for AUTOMOBILES and other vehicles
the better way would be to sit on the left
road is to keep TO the right. and on the right
hand aide of the seat where the contrary
bbSfb better gtsrG able to So" 'i how much "lrorancS he
n It has t6, "faTthrr merit lor pleasure
side Whrr" there Is danger OF collision and
The woman on the side further away from IT,"
ono ,hat mrnn,i.ss to no ns percnniai a. that
Of dom mes h"lr atnong housewives New
SSuusyIcd 10 get a, thS facts concerning how
(" INV n "baaurr,"r nnd whether or not they
can S SS In, sort th"y want Frank 4, Tgan OF
cont bn, in ma, "a T"' imformation on thls sub.
;ectI m n y,rv " c,ical way' lie Inserted
tnennr'" "n,r .%u't um " """ltcciIcnt position to one
W. i,sr r',a,iSc H. own r"n"irs and knows tho
roads Annli6" nts were Trr9,irsd to state
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Mh9 showed ny lhrlr dlsuse OF INC posta,
Chtu thHl lhtN. were MOI. ol tne OfuinhrS, wv
OF seekers after employment. IN almost
every instance the letters were VOL written.
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rrCssrd tnr in rvcry Cnsa ma heInp those OF
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MS onnn WIN -" tMNoSs"' VIA rrcniirI nsk cd AK
nor Wrr. WV W., III MIN W"w ',h"rir r"fercno"s
. thoN"I Hrrn 10 H." sEili"J mechanics with
American nm, ~ n,ron,su ro"d and racing
eiprrlri"c "r long sIiaaudlnS. thus fairly
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