About a quarter of the world drives on the left side of the road in right-hand drive cars. The countries that do are mostly old British colonies. It would be almost impossible for Britain to change to right-hand drive. And this strange quirk of driving on the left really puzzles the rest of world but there are a few, perfectly good, reasons why.
世界上大约有1/4的国家车辆靠左行驶，而驾驶员坐在车辆的右前方，因为这些国家大多都曾为英国的殖民地。让英国人改变靠左驾驶这一习惯基本上是不可能的。靠左驾驶这一怪癖让世界上其他的人感到很疑惑，而且大家也说不出来为什么要靠左驾驶。
In the violent feudal past, just like today, the majorities of people were right-handed and carried their swords in their right hands. As we walked around, general thinking was that when two people passed each other, they did so with their sword arms between each other. Sometime later in 1773, the UK Government was forced to introduce the General Highways Act which included a recommendation to keep to the left. This went on to be included in the Highways Bill of 1835.
在暴力的封建时代，绝大多数人都跟现在一样都是右撇子，他们用右手持剑。当两个人迎面走过来时，很容易会不小心刺伤对方。1773年的晚些时候，英国政府被迫采用了公路总法案，这个法案建议人们靠左行驶。1835年的高速公路法案也囊括了这一条。
