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Why Did Wagon Drivers Sit on the Right Side

by | Oct 11, 2018 | True West Blog

Traditionally buggy drivers sat on the right because most were right handed and the whip could be wielded without possibly hurting the person seated next to you. Also, in times when one needed to have his gun hand handy it was more convenient to be sitting on the right hand side. Seating the driver on the left side began in America with the advent of the automobile. The earliest automobil


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