"... driving while they talk and text."

Recent cartoon in the New Yorker magazine: Cop has pulled a driver over and is standing by window where driver is holding a phone. Cop says- "Do you realize your capslock has been on for the last ten miles?"


But, to be serious..(I have no idea whether Bert was being totally serious).. TRAFFIC LIGHTS? I quote JtS "Lights make right, where the drivers aren't polite" No lights are for type A personalities.

As to which side of the road: You can argue all day about the history of it, but the main consideration 'should' be uniformity, and most of the world has chosen driving on the right. I wonder why some seem to think that 90% of everything ought to be re-engineered to conform to their idea about who once carried a sword?

Secondary consideration... related to most people being right-handed. Vehicles with controls & gear shift levers, etc. on the LEFT are more inconvenient for the right-handed majority. I'm sure I 'could' manage, but I am glad that, since I don't carry weapons and seldom need to defend my self against highway robbers, MY right hand is free for turning on that radio, changing gears and gesticulating at other drivers. ☺

The metric system? Oh right... YOU go back to calculating furlongs per fortnight! *I* am waiting for the USA to finally put kilometers on all highway signs. (My shop tools DO have decimal markings.)