h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

as you are, brits, living in england and all you have to drive on the left side of the road. It has it advantages...but, i have failed to find a pattern in the side of the road you walk on.

what side is it, and why...

furthermore; love y'all to bits

I'm not a Brit, but in New Zealand the general rule is that if the road has no footpath then you walk on the side facing the traffic. That way you can see if a car is going to hit you

If there is a foot path, can't you walk on which ever side you want?

The wild side.

RF

Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side

I'm with Kea here: if there's no footpath, better walk on the side you can face the traffic.

Facing oncoming traffic but if that is to dangerous the otherside.

Kea is completely right. The side that faces the oncoming traffic is the safest side if there is no footpath/pavement/sidewalk.

Facing the oncoming traffic is what I was always told. Try to keep within the yellow lines if there's no footpath. If there are no yellow lines, use your initiative.

Always wear something light especially at night.

which roughly means that, even though you drive left, you walk right (for safety reasons)and that if its not possible you use your initiative?

It's about the same as here (in the Netherlands) but what about foodpath...the same problem...

you silly britons!

In NZ people are meant to walk on the left side of the footpath, hallway, stairs etc when passing each other. Some people don't seem to realise this

In the UK and Ireland, there is no convention for walking along the pavement/footpath/sidewalk, or walking down corridors or pedestrian streets. You just go wherever you feel like, and swap sides if you feel like it.

On escalators, especially on the underground, we Londoners stand on the right. This is so that people in a hurry can walk either up or down on the left, whilst people of a more relaxed disposition can stand and be taken to their destination at a more sedate pace.

Some visitors to London seem to have difficulty understanding this, so London Underground helpfully put signs up on the escalators saying "Please stand on the right", sometimes with a helpful picture for those who don't read English.

Doesn't seem to make much difference, though...

In school we always had to walk single file in the direction of the arrows

I always walk on the sunny side as people constantly seem to underestimate the power and the danger of the dark side.

I walk on the underside or failing that on the dark side

While it is true that you should walk facing oncoming traffic, you should also switch to teh other side when approaching a sharp bend, as traffic has sod-all chance of seeing you otherwise.