Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1949 — Page 8

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«iid of the wagon with his load of hay oF ve vegetables piled high be-

If you ‘were the driver; where and perhaps would .sit- on the board? If you

Leah, *_ By-DAN MURDOCH days were siarrow and slippery. (Solon Hg Onde in the last war the Americans were moving out of & If the two drivers didn't pass | Pacific airbase and the Australians were moving in. So the Amer- careful |. cans thoughtully learned to er Australians. ‘The Australians had the same idea: they leaned i 1 drive to the RIGHT to make. it easier for the Americans. - You, | an guess what happened. Not just an ordinary trafic-jam, but | % super-duper mix-up |Engiand was a small country, Why do people in America keep with mahy little villages not far to the Tight while in England and apart. . % many other countries they keep Farmers drove a ‘wagon that & to the left? was just a bex-on wheels, pulled *_'» It ‘all. goes back hundreds of by one or two horses, The driver

i" % foamy to yagondniving days.[sat on a board across the front

a spill, If

to the left in order not to confuse

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behind *you . would ‘get in your |chulan 3 oe on space hetwetn way every time you lifted your RIGHT arm.to handle your — kept to the LEFT, you'd: be closer But if you sat on the RIGHT of to the center of the road and the board, you'd have plenty of could watch the other fel Ww care-elbow-room for your right arm|fully and avoid trouble. and whip, That's how the custom of driv. What ould you do if you met ing to the left started in England. another driver? Roads in those’ t was . Hverent story in

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