Separation of versatile movement began, even when the first car was not in sight.Historians are constantly arguing about what kind of movement in Europe was the original.
In the era of the great Roman state riders always been on the left.This was done in order to have their right arm with the weapon was always ready to hit the enemy counter.
evidence that Rome was not to drive on the right and left hand it became evidence found in 1998 in the English area of Swindon, which was excavated Roman quarry near which left broken track was stronger than the right.In addition, the Roman denarii dating back fiftieth year BC.e., it was a horseman, riding the left direction from the crew, pulled by horses.
In addition, a single crew with the driver in front is much more convenient to go to the right side, because at the junction with the rest of the crew coachmen really have to pull the reins with his right hand.
The Russian else when emperor Peter the Great as the norm was adopted exactly right-hand traffic and the sleds and carts went home, keeping to the right side.
his predecessor supported by subsequent emperors.In 1752, the Queen Elizabeth as its official decree established and imposed on Russian streets Obligatory hand traffic of carriages and wagons.Among Western nations law establishing hand movement, was first published in the UK: it is a bill from 1756, according to which, on London Bridge was determined by the movement of the left side, while already in the "road toward" will be charged - a pound of silver.
Only twenty years later the British government issued its famous "Traffic Act", which spelled out the introduction of left-hand traffic.This same movement has been installed on the opened nearly a half-century railroad Manchester - Liverpool.
According to one of the existing versions, England borrowed it from their maritime law as it was an island, and the only link with the rest of the country is shipping: ship passed other ships that approached them just right.
countries with right-hand traffic is the United Kingdom is considered the main "culprit" of this "leftism", which subsequently affected the several countries.Right-hand traffic mainly attributed c France.In the era of the French Revolution, a decree issued in Paris, was recommended to move it on the right, which is considered "common people" side.
little later Napoleon strengthened this edict, ordering the military and keep to the right direction.
hand traffic, as it does not sound strange in the beginning of the XIX century was connected c politics.Those countries that resist the onslaught of Napoleon's troops - Britain and Austria-Hungary, and Portugal, were "left", and those who supported Napoleon - Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Poland, switched to right-hand traffic.At the same time in Austria in general has developed a curious situation: in some provinces, the movement was "left", and in others - the "right."Although only after the Anschluss c Germans in the thirties, it is completely retrained in the right-hand traffic.
In Europe, after the appearance of the car started this mess.Most countries went to the right side as usual, to impose on them since Napoleonic times.
However, in Albion, Sweden and to a certain part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire reigned drive on the left.
Here in Italy in every town had its own general rules.The first machines were set up with the right wheel, "wrong" for us, and no matter what side of the moving vehicles.
It was provided with one goal to the driver can better see the car that overtook.In addition, the right of the steering wheel when the driver was able to get out of the car directly onto the sidewalk and not on the roadway.
