>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 [log in to unmask] not for everyone: http://www.savewarchildren.org/exhibitPictures.html