= Сообщение: 8075 из 12491 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : Ward Dossche 2:292/854 13 Jan 19 18:02:37 Кому : David Rance 13 Jan 19 18:02:37 Тема : Re: Announcement FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:292/854+1401261a На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+5c3a5ea6 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== Ответ: area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+5c3bb77e ==============================================================================
DR>DR>> No, French trains run on the left too.
DR>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.
It dates from the Middle Ages when knights during tournaments were running their horse on the right side of the barrier and holding their lance over the neck of the horse to the left.
In later centuries cavalry always had their weaponry on the left side of the horse ... until Napoleon Bonaparte came. He changed the tactics and had the cavalry fight their enemy from the right side. Cavalry fighting from the right-side thoroughly messed-up his opponents. All horse-drawn carts also went on the left-side after that.
As a result when the first railroad line was built on the European continent in 1835 (in Belgium BTW), it ran on the left side when there was a double track.
Interesting to note is that when cars were introduced they ran on the right side under the influence of the American automobile industry.
\%/@rd
--- D'Bridge 3.99 SR40 * Origin: The best gold is at the bottom of barrels of crap (2:292/854)
