not everyone does. I would venture a guess that left footed people start walking left 1st. but lefties make up a small % of the population.
all miis are looking left to right and the odd miis are looking right to left in some cases they are walking left right and the odd miis are walking right left
It possibly originates from the idea that for most (right handed) people, this is the side where they are easiest to attack, so the person to the left can serve them by defending their left.
The cupid shuffle
Arabic people read from right to left. The Arabic script is written horizontally from right to left.
People can enter and the stage by walking to the far left and far right of the stage. There are also stairs that lead from the stage to the audience.
Probably tradition from the age of chivalry when a man protected a woman using himself as a shield. For instance walking along a pavement the man would keep himself closest to the road in order to protect her from carriages throwing mud, horses, vagrants etc. Since most people are right handed this would mean the man walking on the right and this keeping his right hand free with her walking to his left.
Research has shown that most women go to the right of a clothing store and most men go to the left of a clothing store. It is mostly for convenience.
i think you ride on the left, going with the traffic, the opposite to walking but the same as cycling.
You could just go straight
If you're walking look, first, over your left shoulder for vehicles turning right, and then look right for vehicles not stopping . If your driving, look left, then right, then left again. specially for motorcycles.
Approximately 90% of people are right-handed, while approximately 10% are left-handed. This means that right-handed people are more common than left-handed people.