> All in all I don't really think there's any difference in safety > between the left and right side, people can get used to both. > > Marcel <rant> You probably forget the inevitable British resistance to change. How long have we been "thinking" of going metric? It's rare to find a young shop assistant here these days who can think in ounces and pounds, inches etc (actually they often can't think metric either, but that's another issue), so why not take the plunge and stop being different to everyone else?
What I'm getting at is that we've spent so long dithering on the issue (my generation were brought up with both) that isn't it time our road signs went to km and km/h for example? All these years we've taught ourselves the way of the rest of the world, yet an extremely vocal minority manage to keep us with the old ways. Set a target for switching driving sides at some point in the not too distant future and work sensibly towards it, educating people with constant publicity and so on, and apart from a few drunk drivers who'll forget while drunk (who would probably have had accidents anyway), with time we'll be so used ot the idea that everyone will wonder what the fuss was about! So, to get drivers to switch from one side of the road to the other we need "middle of the road" politics for a few years ;-)) When smoking bans etc were first mooted, everyone cried it'd be the death of the pubs and licensed trade etc etc. Experience of countries like Ireland proves it can work with the right will and approach. I've never smoked, but have seen plenty of people I used to think would never submit to a ban on smoking in public places actually fall quietly into line. The only thing about smoking bans in public buildings like hospitals is that you have to walk through a big crowd of smokers by the front door. My only concern with things like this that in this country at least we all hate and distrust our politicians so much (even though statistically this country does seem to have one of the less corrupt political establishments) that if they dared say anything, the knee jerk reaction would be to oppose anything they said, so it's be a quick kiss of death to anything suggested by politicians. </rant> So, to get us back on topic, I take that argument and wonder if anyone can persuade Tony Blair and John Prescot to make a public pronouncement that QLs are a very bad influence on society and must be banned with immediate effect. Then everyone will go out and try to buy one just because politicians said not to! -- Dilwyn Jones -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date: 22/09/2006 _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
