Why Is the Savoy Right Hand Drive?
For More Than 100 Year's Now Vehicles, Be They Horse Drawn or Mechanical, Have Entered and Left 'Savoy Court' on the Right-Hand Side of the Road. This Is Due...
FOR more than 100 years now vehicles, be they horse drawn or mechanical, have entered and left 'Savoy Court' on the right-hand side of the road. This is due primarily to the construction of the 'court'. When approaching and leaving the hotel it is easier to do so while driving on the right-hand side of the road.
Why do they drive on the right side in England?
In the early years of English colonisation of North America, English driving customs were followed and the colonies drove on the left. After gaining independence from England, however, they were anxious to cast off all remaining links with their British colonial past and gradually changed to right-hand driving.
What is the only road in England where you drive on the right?
The one road in London where you drive on the right - and this is why. Can you guess where it is? Everyone knows that in Britain we drive on the left, but of course London has an exception. Just off The Strand stands world famous Savoy, with a road leading up to it called the Savoy Court.
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