Sampo Smolander wrote:

Not a Brit, so I have been wondering: How come you drive cars on the
left side, but then on the sidewalk you (usually) take the right side,
and also the right side on escalators?

Why not consistently left side everywhere?

You stand on the right (walk on the left) on the escalator. No rule for
pavements (sidewalks) nor any convention as such. The only opposite one is
that you would walk on the right on a country lane without a pavement, but
that's so you can see the oncoming traffic that's about to kill you rather
than it sneaking up on you from behind.

I have also noticed an annoying tendency for people to cycle on the right
on the MK Redways. I have no idea why. Only theory I have had is that
some could be from other countries where driving is on the right, and
because there is no flow of traffic to remind you which side to be on you
revert to what you're used to. No idea if that's actually true but it
seems viable.

Neil
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Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK. Put first name before the at to reply.