>Southern drivers cut the wheel to the left before the final right turn. We
>have descended from people who steered horse-drawn wagons on a daily
>basis. So it seems fair to think that the swing-left move might be a
>residual wagon tactic. In the South, we will continue to steer left/turn
>right for many, many generations to come.

In some book explaining alberta for such "eastern creeps and bums" as yours
truly, this was explained as being a result of many people having learned to
drive on a combine...

geoff carver - SUNY buffalo
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