Driving on the opposite side to Durban

We picked up our ride a BMW 3 series at Jburg airport bright and early. There was much acclimating and driving confusion while making the switch of the right-hand drive to that of left-hand drive. Much like the Pikey Kingdom traffic drives on the left-hand side of the road in South Africa. In the interests of safety, one is advised to practice this in the country of origin for a week or two before driving. Pirates practice plan was sink or swim. Bry took the plunge first.

As one might gather the pirates had their opinions and philosophical discussion. We concluded the story of left or right hand side driving was more than just a derivative of British Imperialism. We all had our own theories. Prevailing theory was better vision of oncoming traffic which had to do with 2 lane highways in the days of horse carriages. Jury's out so feel free to comment.

Apparently the main promulgators of driving on the right was revolutionary France, at that time Britain’s arch-enemy, thus lending a ‘political’ subtext to this purely practical question. France spread the practice to most of the countries it conquered at the turn of the 19th century and hence our driving on the right.

Let’s hope they don’t spread their refusal to train/compete which culminated in the off the field antics that resulted in Anelka’s expulsion from the squad for verbally abusing Domenech which lead to The French Football Federation's managing director subsequently quitting. Culminating with the involvement of Sarkozy sending the French sports minister who was calling for dignity and responsibility before the surrender flag went up.

Dios mio and we thought we had our problems with Maradona.