About one-third of the world’s population follows left-hand traffic (LHT), a legacy primarily influenced by British colonialism, while the majority of countries adhere to right-hand traffic (RHT). This system’s origins trace back to ancient times, where right-handed individuals preferred the left side for safety and convenience, and its evolution through medieval Europe, and later during Napoleon’s reign, helped shape the modern world’s driving norms.
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jnmjnmjnm on
Egypt: undertermined
klystron on
Sweden switched to driving on the right quite recently – 1967. I remember that it was on the news at the time.
m_faustus on
Had to zoom in to see if the US Virgin Islands were green. Undetermined from the map but they drive on the left for reasons that are unclear to me.
Used-Acanthisitta-96 on
There was a time I went Japan Philippines Japan Korea Japan US Japan Australia Japan Korea Japan Philippines Japan. Three to six weeks each time. All in US made vehicles.
samuraijon on
europe used to have a few more countries driving on the left. look at their former colonies – for example – macau, indonesia, suriname etc.
Dazzling-Score-107 on
That little green dot in the eastern Med is Cyprus. No one told me they drive on the left. And I didn’t know until I sat down in my rental car on a work trip.
That was not great.
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r_keel_esq on
It always astonishes me how many places get this wrong.
melouyin on
Why is Canada not green?
chris_p_bacon1 on
As an Australian let me just say thank god Japan is also left hand drive. If they weren’t we’d really have no cars available.
Ok-Imagination-494 on
Must be an almost impossible task to switch sides once modern roadway infrastructure is in place (motorway on-ramps etc)
That said, countries have done it. Famously Sweden in the 1960s which ran it as a meticulous national project with years of preparation.
Since then am aware of Burma (which switched from the British side to the other side) as can be seen as a visible outlier on the map. The reasons why were mysterious and possibly due to astrology.
Also Samoa quite recently which switched to the British side from the other side. Unfortunately not visible on this map
One imagines that the Samoan road and street infrastructure was easier to switch over than Sweden.
Open-Year2903 on
Driving in Ireland was crazy. To this day I’m still confused how to pull into a U shaped commercial driveway.
JacquesBlaireau13 on
Brittan will come around, eventually. Just like they did with their currency.
Seed_Oil_Consoomer on
Honestly surprised the USA does not drive on the wrong side, considering they use the wrong system for everything else.
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About one-third of the world’s population follows left-hand traffic (LHT), a legacy primarily influenced by British colonialism, while the majority of countries adhere to right-hand traffic (RHT). This system’s origins trace back to ancient times, where right-handed individuals preferred the left side for safety and convenience, and its evolution through medieval Europe, and later during Napoleon’s reign, helped shape the modern world’s driving norms.
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Egypt: undertermined
Sweden switched to driving on the right quite recently – 1967. I remember that it was on the news at the time.
Had to zoom in to see if the US Virgin Islands were green. Undetermined from the map but they drive on the left for reasons that are unclear to me.
There was a time I went Japan Philippines Japan Korea Japan US Japan Australia Japan Korea Japan Philippines Japan. Three to six weeks each time. All in US made vehicles.
europe used to have a few more countries driving on the left. look at their former colonies – for example – macau, indonesia, suriname etc.
That little green dot in the eastern Med is Cyprus. No one told me they drive on the left. And I didn’t know until I sat down in my rental car on a work trip.
That was not great.
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It always astonishes me how many places get this wrong.
Why is Canada not green?
As an Australian let me just say thank god Japan is also left hand drive. If they weren’t we’d really have no cars available.
Must be an almost impossible task to switch sides once modern roadway infrastructure is in place (motorway on-ramps etc)
That said, countries have done it. Famously Sweden in the 1960s which ran it as a meticulous national project with years of preparation.
Since then am aware of Burma (which switched from the British side to the other side) as can be seen as a visible outlier on the map. The reasons why were mysterious and possibly due to astrology.
Also Samoa quite recently which switched to the British side from the other side. Unfortunately not visible on this map
One imagines that the Samoan road and street infrastructure was easier to switch over than Sweden.
Driving in Ireland was crazy. To this day I’m still confused how to pull into a U shaped commercial driveway.
Brittan will come around, eventually. Just like they did with their currency.
Honestly surprised the USA does not drive on the wrong side, considering they use the wrong system for everything else.