Why People Drive On The Left In Britan?

As a visitor, one of the most disorienting parts of

being in the UK is crossing the street. While traffic in
almost all of the world passes on the right side, cars
in Britain and many of its former colonies drive on
the left. Just why do Brits drive on the opposite side
of the road from most other countries?
The practice far predates cars, according to The Telegraph. In fact, it
goes back to the Middle Ages. In ye olden days, when traveling down
a highway put you at risk of being attacked or robbed, traveling on the
left was a matter of safety. Since most people were (and still are)
right-handed, passing on the left meant leaving your sword-hand free
to take on any challengers. Whether on foot, horseback, or in a
carriage, you needed to be able to whip out your lance, sword,
pitchfork, or staff in response to a threat—and quickly.
According to the BBC, this practice was widespread
outside of Britain, too, potentially dating back as far
as ancient Greece and Rome. The UK wasn’t the only
place with dangerous roads, after all. But various
pressures eventually shifted travelers to the right.
Notably, Napoleon was a fan of right-side driving,
and brought the practice to territories he
conquered (as did French colonists). That included
Germany, and Hitler continued to spread the
tradition across Europe as he took power, forcing
Czechoslovakia and Austria (where half the country
drove on the left side of the road and the other half
drove on the right) to switch to right-side driving.
Britain has previously considered switching over to
right-side driving (as Sweden did in 1967), but the
idea isn’t likely to take hold anytime soon. In 2009,
Samoa became one of the few nations in the world to
switch from right-side driving to left-side driving, in a
bid to make cheap cars from Australia and New
Zealand available there.