Monday, August 17, 2009

Some explanations...



First of all, about my title, I owe some explanations. I do not understand road traffic panels showing that the right lane will end, as we drive on the right side of the road in the US. If a right lane merges with the left lane, this lane becomes automatically the right lane… It is impossible for a right lane to end, not even temporarily.

I think that the history of left driving on the right side started with dirt highways made of one central lane that was higher (highway), allowing for drainage, and 1 or 2 sides to give way for traffic in both directions. Vehicles were running on the high side or the middle of the road, unless drivers had to cross another vehicle. 

By the 1920’s, highways were paved and the need for running on the middle of the road became absolute, or was it? As of today, it seems that the old habits have been transferred from generation to generation and the left lane is still a popular side of the road in the United States. But let’s remember that the left lane exists only because… there is a right lane, which will never ends.

All of that to say the subject of my title is the way my mind works and I am sure it will transpire through my blogs. It is another perspective, a blend of old and new that might open someone's mind to something different, yet with depth and history.

French people are saying: "Vive la difference", which means that the difference of opinions and view points is great, as it opens the scope of understanding any subject.

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