Do People in the UK Walk on the Left? - Page 2

BK_ · #11 05-01-2005, 03:19 PM

yes

dutchbrodymoss · #12 05-08-2005, 08:48 AM

Well, if you're been to Europe you'd know.

dutchbrodymoss · #13 05-08-2005, 08:49 AM

You know, instead of trashing other people online. You're a real nobleman, you know that?

Corey · #14 05-08-2005, 08:54 AM

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You know, instead of trashing other people online. You're a real nobleman, you know that?

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Touché

GuyOnTilt · #15 05-08-2005, 01:59 PM

This is actually an interesting question. I'd never thought about it.

GoT

daveymck · #16 05-08-2005, 02:21 PM

I suspect Americans dont walk on the right(and I didnt when over there) so its a stupid question.

Although at our school they enforced a keep to the left policy in corridors and stairs but I dont think it was related to our driving side.

Corey · #17 05-08-2005, 02:27 PM

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I suspect Americans dont walk on the right

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I disagree. There is no enforced "walk on the right." That being said, in a hallway where the space requires the selection of a side, I would say the vast majority of Americans default to the right. My initial question was do people in the UK/Australia/Wherever else the drive on the left usually default to the left.

In areas used regularly by people getting from point A to point B, there is usually a de facto "walk on the right, you idiot" policy. Such examples I have recently encountered are corridors for public transportation and main walking "thoroughfares" between classes at while I was at college. These involve large number of people basically putting a walkway at capacity.

GuyOnTilt · #18 05-08-2005, 02:43 PM

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I suspect Americans dont walk on the right(and I didnt when over there) so its a stupid question.

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From my experience, you suspect wrong. We definitely do tend to walk on the right and shift right to avoid others walking in the opposite direction. I had never thought about it relating to our driving laws because I've never been to a country that drove any differently, but that would make sense if it did.

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Although at our school they enforced a keep to the left policy in corridors and stairs but I dont think it was related to our driving side.

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What makes you think that?

GoT