= Сообщение: 8076 из 12491 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : David Rance 2:203/2 13 Jan 19 23:11:13 Кому : Ward Dossche 13 Jan 19 23:11:13 Тема : Announcement FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+5c3bb77e На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:292/854+1401261a = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== Ответ: area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:292/854+091d1a44 ============================================================================== On Sun, 13 Jan 2019 17:02:37 Ward Dossche -> David Rance wrote:
DR>>>> No, French trains run on the left too.
WD>>> And you have an explanation why that is ?
DR>> No. Nor do I know why the exception to that is the Paris Metro.
DR>> My education never went that far.
WD> It dates from the Middle Ages when knights during tournaments were WD> running their horse on the right side of the barrier and holding their WD> lance over the neck of the horse to the left.
WD> In later centuries cavalry always had their weaponry on the left side WD> of the horse ... until Napoleon Bonaparte came. He changed the tactics WD> and had the cavalry fight their enemy from the right side. Cavalry WD> fighting from the right-side thoroughly messed-up his opponents. All WD> horse-drawn carts also went on the left-side after that.
WD> As a result when the first railroad line was built on the European WD> continent in 1835 (in Belgium BTW), it ran on the left side when there WD> was a double track.
WD> Interesting to note is that when cars were introduced they ran on the WD> right side under the influence of the American automobile industry.
Well, now that you mention it, I had heard that it was to do with knights and the side they held their lance, but I didn't know any details so thanks for that.
So why did the Paris Metro start running on the right? Was it a fad of the person who developed it?
David
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