Move to the Right please...

... That is unless you are British, Australian, Japanese etc.

When walking down the street, hallway, or corridor we, as Americans, tend to move to the right to let others pass. Something that maybe we don't consciously think about as we do it. But if we take a moment to reflect then it becomes clear that we are behaving based on space and visual cue in our environment that we have grown used to, and now have become habit. We drive on the right side of the road, escalators if you are upstairs are going down on your right and if your downstairs are going up on your right. The entrance and exits to most stores and shops are on your right hand side. And so, when walking down a sidewalk or squeezing between the grocery store aisle, we behave as though those visual cues extend beyond where they are physically apparent.