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 #2 (permalink) Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:45 am Mind the whip! (or origin of driving on the left) |
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So, you mean they held the reigns in the right hand and wielded the whip with the left?
The Czechs changed to the right side during the Nazi occupation. From what I understand, there were a couple of bad accidents between German and Czech vehicles, so the German government just ordered them to change sides. |
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Jamie (K)
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Mar 04, 2006 14:02 pm Mind the whip! |
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| So, you mean they held the reigns in the right hand and wielded the whip with the left? |
No, it was the other way round, actually – holding the reigns must be easier than handling a whip! (well, probably, not certainly). In fact, judging by what you can see in period films, for instance, they could use both hands to guide the horses, as they didn’t need to crack the whip all the time.
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| The Czechs changed to the right side during the Nazi occupation. From what I understand, there were a couple of bad accidents between German and Czech vehicles, so the German government just ordered them to change sides. |
I bet there were just as many accidents, if not more, after they changed sides, at least until the Czechs got used to driving on the right! |
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Mar 04, 2006 14:08 pm Mind the whip! |
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| Conchita wrote: |
| I bet there were just as many accidents, if not more, after they changed sides, at least until the Czechs got used to driving on the right! |
I guess the important thing for their oppressors was that it was the Czechs having most of the accidents, and not the Germans. :x |
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