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Taranaki Daily News, 3 September 1919, Page 7

LEFT VERSUS RIGHT. A MOTQBING CONVERSATION—THE COMING OP THE LEFTHAND DEIYE.' "Isn't she a dandy little ear?" laid the Man at the Wheel enthusiastically to his friend the Passenger. They were gliding along the main town road, steering for the open country. "I bought her on my last furlough at Home, and through being an officer of the N.Z.E.F., I was specially favoured with, a brand-new advance model." " But, good gracious, man, you hare a left-hand drive. How long has that been the fashion in England?" "It's the coming fashion, my boy: in a year or' two there'll be more'left drives'than'rights.' After all, everything that can be said in favour of the old style can be said for the new, and a few other points besides." " I don't quite see how the left-hand drive harmonises with the rule of the road,' keep to the left.'" "That's because you're blinded by custom. Just think—if you're seated on the left of the car you can see axactlyhowmuch roadway you hare on your own »ide; you can watch the kerbisg and the edge of the road; and if the man you're passing does the same, th<e two cars have all the available space in which to pass. Doesn't that seem reasonable?*^ "Yes; I must confess that it does. But what would happen when passing in a narrow road, if you had to* closely watch the other fellow's car?" "Well, you can do it as well when seated on the left as ou the right. Sit in my place here for a moment; is there anytliim; to block your view of approaehing traffic? You can wateh another car's approacHaodjndgeexactlyofyourability to pass by safelv, And all the time you have the advantage of seeing the edge of your own side of the road—and that's a big convenience pretty often, I can tell you. Another thing, I still operate the control levers with my right hand, and what's the result? Why, I have my left hand always npon the wheel; and that means having the right band in the right place, ,In fact, it's really the natoral way of handling a car; it's not only theoretically right, out—it works. All American cars are designed and built for left-hand drive, and I believe the idea is spreading in England, judging by this car of mine. If you watch motor car development in thenearfuture,you'll find more and mere cars coming along with left-hand drives. Mine isn't th« only one about at the present time: but before long this leftdrive oar , will be lost in the crowd of similar styles. . . Here's a big truck coming —watch how easily we'll go by. . . Now, what could be better than that?"

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