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   Hi, Ardith Hinton! ->Alexander Koryagin   
   I read your message from 30.11.2020 23:56   
      
    AH>> When it really mattered which side of a horse a knight mounted on   
    AH>> & what the chances were of meeting up with an enemy who was   
    AH>> approaching from the opposite direction, it made sense to keep to   
    AH>> the left.   
      
    AK>> I also want to note, that women also were road traffic   
    AK>> participants, and during those times they sat on their horses   
    AK>> sidelong with their both legs hung on the left side of horse.   
      
    AH> Yes... we call it "riding sidesaddle". Years ago I saw a picture of   
    AH> Queen Elizabeth II mounted that way on a formal occasion when she   
    AH> was wearing a full-length skirt. In less formal situations she &   
    AH> other female members of the royal family evidently wear jodhpurs   
    AH> (riding breeches). Until the 20th century it would have been   
    AH> unthinkable, however, for a female to wear trousers....   
      
   So we see why the cavaliers could not afford the right road traffic. If the   
   queen got off the horse/carriage from the left side going to the Buckingham   
   palace, it was a strong example. ;)   
      
    AK>> So, if the traffic on roads had been right-sided women could have   
    AK>> gone under the horse approaching from the opposite direction, in   
    AK>> case they fell from their own horses. It case of left-side   
    AK>> movement they could get safely into the road ditch, the worst   
    AK>> scenario.   
      
    AH> Good point. I am told right-handed people generally prefer to mount   
    AH> from the left & horses generally learn to expect that. It would be   
    AH> safer, both for males & females, to mount/dismount at the edge of   
      
   Yes, it is also a point. And I can see no good reasons why did they migrate to   
   the right side traffic.   
      
      
    AK>> So, returning to our horses, the women used to dismount from both   
    AK>> horses and carriages from the left -- and a universal rule, as we   
    AK>> know, is a good and easy rule.   
    AH> I hadn't thought about carriages, but I get the drift.   
    AK>> You should not rake your brains and think which variant is better.   
    AK>> That's why they still follow the rule in England.   
      
    AH> Dallas has driven in England with me as a passenger & navigator. We   
    AH> both thought the roundabouts there were a great idea because they   
    AH> don't take up a lot of space... and if you're not sure which exit   
    AH> to use you can drive around in circles until you've figured it out.   
    AH> On North American freeways you may not get a second chance to read   
    AH> the signage, and if you take the wrong exit you can easily waste   
    AH> half an hour getting to wherever you should have been.   
      
   But we also have a circular motion in the places where several roads are   
   connected with a doughnut style road. It works, too. ;)   
      
      
   Bye, Ardith Hinton!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
      
   english_tutor 2020   
      
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