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My prediction about that is: Two years from now - no one will care about that

• oblio 6y ago
  Yeah. I really, really like the example of Sweden changing the side they drive on. They used to drive on the left, like Britain. However, Sweden, as the astute observer will notice, is not an island. Neighbors and close-by countries Norway, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Russia all drive on the right. So Sweden had 2 (I think) referendums to change the side. Because people are creatures of habit, the referendums failed. About a decade later a government somehow snuck the change in a law, I don't remember how. There was much gnashing of teeth, but they switched. For a while I think light accident rates were higher as people got used to the system. I think major accident rates even went down, as people were a bit more cautious than usual. After that, it all went back to normal and I imagine a young Swede in 2020 doesn't even know much about it anymore.