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Old January 21st, 2004, 11:41 AM
Mark Hewitt
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Default Driving on the right (was: US going metric?)


"Lynn Guinni" wrote in message
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I doubt the benefit would be all that significant. Little other than
autos would be affected, and even them not so much. Most autos are
manufactured in the country in which they are sold. Moot point in any
case. It ain't gonna happen.


Wrong. If you want to consider things in a wider context i.e. most cars that
are sold in Europe are probably built in Europe and most cars sold in
N.America are built in N.America. Then this is probably true. However it
certainly isn't true in Europe. Cars come from all over and from several
different countries. e.g. In the UK if you buy a BMW it will have been built
in Germany, if you buy a Renault it will have been built in France. Both of
these countries drive on the opposite side of the road to that of the market
they are selling to.

I think the point you were trying to make is the RHD cars are mostly made in
countries which drive on the left and LHD cars made in countries which drive
on the right. Well this is most definitely, *not* the case.

Mark