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The driving side of a road is the side on which traffic flows. Each country specifies whether bidirectional traffic will keep on the right-hand or left-hand side of the road. This is so fundamental to traffic flow that it is sometimes referred to as the rule of the road. This basic rule eases traffic flow and reduces the risk of head-on collisions. Today about 66.1% of the world's people live in right-hand traffic countries and 33.9% in left-hand traffic countries. About 72% of the world's total road distance carries traffic on the right, and 28% on the left.
Universally (following a treaty; see below) each country specifies a uniform road traffic flow: left-hand traffic (LHT) in which traffic keeps to the left side of the road, or right-hand traffic (RHT) in which traffic keeps to the right.
Vehicles are usually manufactured in left-hand drive (LHD) and right-hand drive (RHD) configurations, referring to the placement of the driving seat and controls within the vehicle. Typically, the placement of the steering wheel is opposite to the rule of the road: LHT countries use RHD vehicles, and RHT countries use LHD vehicles. This is so that the driver's line of sight is as long as possible down the road past leading vehicles, an important consideration for overtaking (passing) manœuvres.
Side (Greek: Σίδη Side, Turkish: Side) was an ancient Greek city in Anatolia, in the region of Pamphylia, in what is now Antalya province, on the southern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. It is now a resort town and one of the best-known classical sites in Turkey, near Manavgat and the village of Selimiye, 75 km from Antalya) in the province of Antalya.
It is located on the eastern part of the Pamphylian coast, which lies about 20 km east of the mouth of the Eurymedon River. Today, as in antiquity, the ancient city is situated on a small north-south peninsula about 1 km long and 400 m across.
Strabo and Arrian both record that Side was founded by Greek settlers from Cyme in Aeolis, a region of western Anatolia. This most likely occurred in the 7th century BC. Possessing a good harbour for small-craft boats, Side's natural geography made it one of the most important places in Pamphylia and one of the most important trade centres in the region. According to Arrian, when settlers from Cyme came to Side, they could not understand the dialect. After a short while, the influence of this indigenous tongue was so great that the newcomers forgot their native Greek and started using the language of Side. Excavations have revealed several inscriptions written in this language. The inscriptions, dating from the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, remain undeciphered, but testify that the local language was still in use several centuries after colonisation. Another object found in the excavations at Side, a basalt column base from the 7th century BC and attributable to the Neo-Hittites, provides further evidence of the site's early history. The name Side is Anatolian in origin and means pomegranate.
We're growing up and getting by
Scared we might not make it out alive
The clock is running out but there's still time
Your life is on the line
It's either sink or swim
You lose or win
No giving up or giving in to them
Sing while you can
And don't pretend the future's in their hands
So make a voice, stop pointing fingers now
Sing while you can
Cause this could be the best years that you have
Our words are weapons, pull the trigger now
It seems the harder that we try
The further we keep falling out of line (falling out of line)
Our tongues are getting tired of telling lies
Our lives are on the line
It's either sink or swim
You lose or win
No giving up or giving in to them
(Don't give in to them)
Sing while you can
And don't pretend the future's in their hands
So make a voice, stop pointing fingers now
Sing while you can
Cause this could be the best years that you have
Our words are weapons
Our words are weapons, pull the trigger now
Sing while you can
And don't pretend the future's in their hands
So make a voice, stop pointing fingers now
Sing while you can
Cause this could be the best years that you have
Our words are weapons, pull the trigger now
Sing while you can (sing while you can)
And don't pretend the future's in their hands
So make a voice, stop pointing fingers now
Sing while you can (don't give in to them)
This could be the best years that you have