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Experts suggested that changing to driving on the right reduced accidents while overtaking, as people already drove left-hand drive vehicles, thereby having a better view of the road ahead; additionally, the change caused a marked surge in perceived risk that exceeded the actual level, and thus was followed by very cautious behaviour that ...
However, eight years later, in 1963, the Riksdag approved the change, following pressure from the Council of Europe [2] and the Nordic Council. [3] Traffic in Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right on 3 September 1967 (see Dagen H).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 February 2025. Directionality of traffic flow by jurisdiction Countries by direction of road traffic, c. 2020 Left-hand traffic Right-hand traffic No data Left-hand traffic (LHT) and right-hand traffic (RHT) are the practices, in bidirectional traffic, of keeping to the left side or to the right side ...
It turns out that about 30% of the world’s countries mandate left-side driving and another 70% or so stay to the right. ... Sweden, at 5 am. on September 3, 1967 when cars switched from left to ...
The Swedish voters rejected a change to driving on the right in a referendum held in 1955. Nevertheless, in 1963 the Riksdag passed legislation ordering the switch to right-hand traffic. The changeover took place on a Sunday morning at 5am on September 3, 1967, which was known in Swedish as Dagen H (H-Day), the 'H' standing for Högertrafik or ...
A person holding a driving licence from certain countries may exchange it for a Swedish licence without the need for a test. These countries are the EU/EEA nations, Switzerland and Japan. People holding a driving licence from other countries must do the full test in order to obtain a Swedish driving licence.
Download QR code; Print/export ... Pages in category "Driving in Sweden" ... 0–9. 1955 Swedish driving side referendum; D. Dagen H; Driving licence in Sweden; G.
This is in regard to James E. Causey's opinion piece, "Reckless driver problem can’t be solved with only outrage" (May 5).The reckless driving issue is obviously not an easy one to solve. It is ...