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It's interesting they chose 6:00am rather than a less populated time. I think my first instinct would be to make the switch at like 3:00am on a Sunday a la DST,
by jeebusroxors 16y ago
It's interesting they chose 6:00am rather than a less populated time. I think my first instinct would be to make the switch at like 3:00am on a Sunday a la DST, but I guess this way there was no avoiding it.
- alaithea 16y agoI think it would be best to do that sort of thing when you can prepare a good chunk of your populace to really try it out. "Hey everyone, start driving on the left on your morning commute tomorrow!" That way, you have a concerted effort to do it right, and lots of people driving on one side or the other would reinforce the behavior. That's all as opposed to having a few bleary-eyed drivers in the wee hours potentially get a surprise.
- CWIZO 16y agoI come from mainland Europe where we drive on the right, and I was in the UK couple of months ago, and was forced (due to the volcano) to drive from London to Glasgow. At first it was all really wired and scary, but once I drove off the rent-a-car parking lot onto a road where there ware other cars it was easy. My point is that other cars help you if you "suddenly" have to drive on the other side of the road. I did, however, drove a car with the steering wheel on the right side, so that might help (unlike here where the driver sits at the edge of the road).
- hugh3 16y agoPossibly because 6am is the least populated daylight time. Switching at night would be far more dangerous, since it's hard to see what side of the road an oncoming pair of headlights is on. And Samoa is in the tropics, so the sun rises at roughly 6am every day of the year.
- philwelch 16y agoSweden switched at 6 AM after banning nearly all traffic between 1 AM and 6 AM. More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen_H http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen_H