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Do the other countries driving on the left need to switch, too? Or is the problem the Swedes had (lots of cars with left-hand drive) unique?
by phinnaeus 9y ago
Do the other countries driving on the left need to switch, too? Or is the problem the Swedes had (lots of cars with left-hand drive) unique?
- disordinary 9y agoIt would be unique because Sweden are attached to a continent where everyone drives on the other side of the road. The other left hand sided driving countries are normally either in clusters together or are isolated by water and so don't have cars crossing the border. Interestingly in the far east of Russia they get a lot of cars imported from Japan so the steering wheel is on the right hand side so they have the opposite problem.
- perilunar 9y agoNo country really needs to switch — it's a matter of comparing costs versus benefits. There is some evidence that left hand traffic is safer despite being less common. I don't think the world will ever be all one direction: the cost of changing the larger countries (China, India, Japan, the US) over would prohibit a mass change either way.