Re: [MBZ] Serious injuries only please/Swedish traffic

2009-02-19 Thread Wilton Strickland
herd ;<)) Wilton - Original Message - From: "Rich Thomas" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Serious injuries only please/Swedish traffic > And even seeing the edge does not help often.

Re: [MBZ] Serious injuries only please/Swedish traffic

2009-02-19 Thread Rich Thomas
e part of the car sticking out there has [not] been hit by now, I quess it's OK to go ahead." Real smart. ;<)) Wilton - Original Message - From: "ernest breakfield" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 12:13 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [MBZ] Serious injuries only please/Swedish traffic

2009-02-19 Thread ernest breakfield
"Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 12:13 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Serious injuries only please/Swedish traffic that's the way it works in the US Virgin Islands now; Amerikun-style cars driven on the left side of the road. cheers! e n Wilton Strickl

Re: [MBZ] Serious injuries only please/Swedish traffic

2009-02-19 Thread Rich Thomas
I went there a few years ago, it was kinda weird driving like that. Didn't have any problems, but the shotgun had to keep an eye out when trying to pass or go around random stuff in the road. --R ernest breakfield wrote: that's the way it works in the US Virgin Islands now; Amerikun-style ca

Re: [MBZ] Serious injuries only please/Swedish traffic

2009-02-19 Thread Wilton Strickland
Oops That was s'posed to be "has NOT been hit by now." ;<) Wilton - Original Message - From: "Wilton Strickland" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 8:49 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Serious injuries only please

Re: [MBZ] Serious injuries only please/Swedish traffic

2009-02-19 Thread Wilton Strickland
quess it's OK to go ahead." Real smart. ;<)) Wilton - Original Message - From: "ernest breakfield" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 12:13 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Serious injuries only please/Swedish traffic > that&#

Re: [MBZ] Serious injuries only please/Swedish traffic

2009-02-18 Thread ernest breakfield
that's the way it works in the US Virgin Islands now; Amerikun-style cars driven on the left side of the road. cheers! e n Wilton Strickland wrote: So, Sweden switched from left hand traffic (LHT) to right had traffic (RHT) in 1967, but even with LHT, many (maybe most) cars were driven from t

[MBZ] Serious injuries only please/Swedish traffic

2009-02-18 Thread Wilton Strickland
So, Sweden switched from left hand traffic (LHT) to right had traffic (RHT) in 1967, but even with LHT, many (maybe most) cars were driven from the eft - left hand drive (LHD). Most drivers, then, were already positioned on the left side of the car for better/safer operation in RHT. Wilton ___