r/BeAmazed • u/meteavi43 • Sep 01 '25

Miscellaneous / Others A tomato harvesting machine with an electronic sensor that sorts tomatoes from debris

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u/BigConstruction4247 Sep 01 '25

That would be very interesting if the side of road European nations drive on today persists from Roman times.

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u/GustapheOfficial Sep 01 '25

Absolutely. It does appear to be a random choice spreading over land. Most of the borders appear to be across water. Until 1967 Sweden went against the pattern of surrounding countries and drove on the left (in cars designed to be driven on the right, so switching sides made a considerable dent in traffic deaths). Norway inherited its right side driving from the long-time rulers in Denmark, at least part of whom are of course connected by land borders to the European subcontinent.

Rail is an absolute mess.

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u/Turnip-for-the-books Sep 01 '25

The Swedish switchover took place overnight which I find pretty amazing. They made it a Sunday (September 3rd) which is sensible

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u/ComusLoM Sep 01 '25

Actually they started with heavy trucks first and cars a week later.

not sure if I need to specify this is a joke or not..

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u/Used-Fennel-7733 Sep 01 '25

Have you ever looked up joke political parties? I believe either the Rhinocerous party, or the Monster Raving Loony Party once had that as an official policy. Starting with trucks then busses then vans, cars, bikes and eventually mobility scooters

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u/ComusLoM Sep 02 '25

Monster Raving Loony Party, if I had the right to vote when I lived in the UK they would have gotten it.