David Cragg wrote: > Unwritten rules of walking on the pavement in England. These I have > worked out by observation... > > If you are male walking with a lady you should walk on the road > side of the pavement so as to take the worst of the splashes from > passing horses and waggons (as it were). As to passing approaching > walkers on the left or right - when down in London as a commuter I > noticed that most walked so as to pass left to left. This was the > seeming commuter rule which was not followed by tourists, who walked > anywhere and generally got in the way as we raced to/from train and > office.
I went to Russia years ago, in both Moscow and Leningrad (now St.Petersburg) they rigorously walk on the right - to try to walk on the left is futile, just an endless sea of bodies coming at you. Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
