A thing that bothers me about RDR2. No spoilers.

"Rainbow" (rainbeaux) 10/31/2018 at 07:36 • Filed to: None

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So, I started playing RDR2 the other day, and when I first rode into town, I noticed a glaring inaccuracy with the way traffic works: the NPCs ride on the right side of the road. In reality, the US rode/ drove on the left until the 1920s. This game takes place in 1899.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Rainbow 10/31/2018 at 07:40

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I cant be the only one that thought this was about how much of a dick R2D2 is? 

MoCamino > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/31/2018 at 08:38

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I wish you were.  The first thing I thought was “how could you be mad at R2D2???!?”  I mean 3PO, sure.  He’s an arrogant twerp.....

Khalbali > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/31/2018 at 09:19

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I had that thought and th en read on and got excited about some kind of r2d2 video game I somehow didn't know about. Then disappoint.

punkgoose17 > Rainbow 10/31/2018 at 09:48

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I did not know this. I bet all the video game developers did not know this also.

Rainbow > punkgoose17 10/31/2018 at 10:46

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Oh, for sure. Still, I would expect it to have come up at some point during someone’s research.

Maxima Speed > Rainbow 10/31/2018 at 10:52

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I did not know that. Cool factoid. I’m curious what pedestrian accidents were like during the switch over. Looking the wrong direction and such.

facw > Rainbow 10/31/2018 at 15:49

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Not sure exactly when norms changed, but the ~1899 Edison footage shows people driving on the right in NYC. Here’s an example:

This video is from 1911, but is much higher quality:

Or while it might be less demonstrative, here’s a video on the Brooklyn Bridge, showing traffic on the right:

Of course I have no idea how long it took the custom to spread to the American West.