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We drive 99.9999% on the left. Not 100%. https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/one-road-london-you-drive-18422157 https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-n

• maleldil 2y ago
  This (well, the opposite) happens in Brazil, too, but it's much more general. We even have a specific sign for this: "mão inglesa" (English hand).
  • cassianoleal 2y ago
    Not everywhere in Brazil though. First time I saw it I was in my 30s, in Petrópolis/RJ. It took me by surprise and I almost drove into an incoming car. Luckily there was no one on my tail so I managed to reverse and turn correctly.
    • maleldil 2y ago
      Oh, it's far from common, I know. I had to learn about it to pass the written exam in MG, and I thought it was so weird that I never forgot it.
• gregoriol 2y ago
  Nice example! I know of at least 1 place in France that drive on the right: https://www.google.fr/maps/@48.7861561,2.2221644,3a,75y,75.43h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sVWVUwXbPTydvS2AWtQfp_A!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DVWVUwXbPTydvS2AWtQfp_A%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D66.06435%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?hl=fr&coh=205409&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDgyOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D https://www.google.fr/maps/@48.7861561,2.2221644,3a,75y,75.4...
  • starspangled 2y ago
    Is that one place all of France except the road in the photo shown?
  • chrisco255 2y ago
    France drives on the right.
    • gregoriol 2y ago
      Sorry, I meant on the left!
• alt227 2y ago
  I really dont get this > The entrance to the Savoy Theatre is on the right hand side of the road ..depending on which way you approach from > By approaching the hotel on the right-hand side of the road, either the chauffeur or the hotel's doorman was able to open the door without walking around the car Except that cars have doors on both sides. Seems like they just wanted to be special.
  • cjs_ac 2y ago
    The taxi driver is sitting on the right hand side of the car. Driving on the right enables the driver to open the passenger's door without getting out of their own seat (London taxis have 'suicide doors').
    • sandworm101 2y ago
      Thank you. In the above commenter's defense, that was not explained in the article. I too was confused.
• grues-dinner 2y ago
  There's an entrance to a car park in Twickenham that's similar. Holly Road is one way, and the car park is on the right. So you turn right into a reversed approach road. Then the leaving traffic doesn't cross the incoming traffic when it turns right back onto Holly Road: https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4464047,-0.3311576,19z https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4464047,-0.3311576,19z