Left Feels Right

I’m not an experienced driver or anything, but I have a controversial take: driving on the left side of the road makes sense.I’m not talking about horses or swords or whatever historical explanation usually comes up. There are two things that make it reasonable in my head: language and clocks.If you live in a world of left-to-right writing, you’re used to starting on the left. That’s where a line begins. That’s where your eyes go first. Left feels like the default position; moving right feels like the next step. So, obviously, you drive on the left.Or consider a roundabout. You drive on the left, curve into it, and follow it clockwise. The whole movement feels natural, one continuous sweep, ’cause clocks are natural. You ease into the circle, follow the bend, and peel off when your exit (or time) comes.When you drive on the right, you go around the roundabout counterclockwise. That’s unnatural. Clocks don’t work like that. Something about it feels backwards (pun intended).I may be…