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05-01-2005, 07:30 AM
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Do People in the UK Walk on the Left?
A simple question: Do people in the UK (and other countries where driving is done on the left side) tend to walk on the left side of halls, sidewalks, etc?
If not, why is the right side the natrual side to walk in shared passageways? 
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05-01-2005, 07:41 AM
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Re: Do People in the UK Walk on the Left?
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don't know about the UK, but people in australia don't seem to prefer ond sid to the other [/ QUOTE ] Doesn't this cause mass confusion on the streets? I mean, how do you know what side to move to if two people are walking right at each other? Also, another example of this is the "stand to the right" phenomenon witnessed on escalators (and enforced by angry commuters on the DC Metro). If you stand on the escalator, move right. If you walk up/down, pass on the left.
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05-01-2005, 07:49 AM
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Re: Do People in the UK Walk on the Left?
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[ QUOTE ] don't know about the UK, but people in australia don't seem to prefer ond sid to the other [/ QUOTE ] Doesn't this cause mass confusion on the streets? I mean, how do you know what side to move to if two people are walking right at each other? Also, another example of this is the "stand to the right" phenomenon witnessed on escalators (and enforced by angry commuters on the DC Metro). If you stand on the escalator, move right. If you walk up/down, pass on the left. [/ QUOTE ] on the streets people eventually form an ordered passing system, but wether it's pass on the left of pass on the right seems random however on the escalators here people not walking up stand to the left so people walking up can walk up the right side
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#5
05-01-2005, 07:51 AM
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Re: Do People in the UK Walk on the Left?
In Hong Kong, you drive on the left. In general, you also walk on the left. If you go to a mall with escalators, you board the left escalator. This threw me off for a while when I first got here. I would always try to board the right one and bump into people who were getting off the escalator. The notion that you "stand on the right, pass on the left" concept on escalators and moving walkways still holds true though.
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#6
05-01-2005, 12:04 PM
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Re: Do People in the UK Walk on the Left?
I've been to the UK and to Australia. They seem to walk whatever side they want. But also, I was in touristy destinations, so many of those people were probably not locals.
Every subway I've ever been to has the same escalator rule - stand to the right, walk to the left. I've been on subways in NY, London, Paris...
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#7
05-01-2005, 12:06 PM
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Re: Do People in the UK Walk on the Left?
when i was in australia people tended to move to left, which caused me to walk into people at first
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#8
05-01-2005, 12:33 PM
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Re: Do People in the UK Walk on the Left?
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The notion that you "stand on the right, pass on the left" concept on escalators and moving walkways still holds true though. [/ QUOTE ] Wow that's odd. There's no passing on escalators in the NW. If the people in front of you are walking you get to walk, if they aren't, you get to wait behind them.
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05-01-2005, 03:18 PM
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Re: Do People in the UK Walk on the Left?
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[ QUOTE ] The notion that you "stand on the right, pass on the left" concept on escalators and moving walkways still holds true though. [/ QUOTE ] Try that on the east coast when somoene needs to make their train and see how far it gets you. Wow that's odd. There's no passing on escalators in the NW. If the people in front of you are walking you get to walk, if they aren't, you get to wait behind them. [/ QUOTE ]
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