Back in Austria somebody once asked me to find out if the people on the British Islands walk stairs on the left or right side.

Well, the short answer is: no.

Everyone who took the London tube, will have noticed the signs instructing you to stand on the right, so that people in rush can pass by on the left.

But then, that is like overtaking, and on British roads you overtake on the right. On there motorway the right one is the fast lane.

So do people over here walk stairs on right then? Well, no. Like everywhere else on the world, people tend to be lazy. So they take the inside lane. If the stairs do a left turn on the way up, people will tend to walk up on the left side and down on the right one.

What happens if people meet on the stairs, they might give way to the left? Nope. Just like on the continent both try to make way to the outside, then notice that the other one already moved there and go back again to end up in this strangely awkward situation.

I am not sure if this helps, but hey, here yah go.