[drivingpairs] Driving while sitting on the right side
- From: Hzlax@xxxxxxx
- To: drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 12:28:36 EDT
There is another reason that wasn't mentioned yet: Since most are right
handed, traditional driving (long before Achenbach, but basically in the manner
that Achenbach later put it into his system) has the reins mainly in the left
hand to use the right hand for the whip and of course also for individual rein
handling in between, so the right hand is your "working hand" which is free for
all tasks, and one of those tasks for which you needed it was THE BRAKE, which
on old carriages was a crank brake which then was installed on the right side
of the vehicle. So one needed to sit next to it to use it with the right
hand. They didn't have foot brakes then and it would have been more difficult
to
install the brake in the middle of the carriage seat for sitting on the left
side.
Hardy
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