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  2. Here’s why Americans drive on the right and the UK drives on ...

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    The British drive on the left side of the road while we, in America, drive on the right side. ... Back in the early 1700s, though, western Pennsylvania was the distant frontier.

  3. Left- and right-hand traffic - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 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 and to the right side ...

  4. Driving in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    British roads are limited for most vehicles by the National Speed Limit.Road signs in the UK use imperial units, so speed limits are posted in miles per hour.Speed limits are the maximum speed at which certain drivers may legally drive on a road rather than a defined appropriate speed, and in some cases the nature of a road may dictate that one should drive significantly more slowly than the ...

  5. Dagen H - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. Comparison of MUTCD-influenced traffic signs - Wikipedia

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    Argentina employs European-style red-bordered triangular warning signs in certain instances where extra attention is required. The Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam uses this style for most warning signs, though some highways like the Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway and the Manila–Cavite Expressway use MUTCD-style yellow diamond-shaped ...

  7. Lights go out across Britain, 100 years on from WW1 - AOL

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    BY TESS LITTLE (Reuters) - Lights across Britain switched off for an hour on Monday night in a tribute to the dead of World War One inspired by the prophetic observation of Britain's foreign ...

  8. Road signs in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    A non-primary road sign near Bristol shows Guildford Rules patches.Road signs in the United Kingdom and in its associated Crown dependencies and overseas territories conform broadly to European design norms, with a number of exceptions: direction signs omit European route numbers, and road signs generally use the imperial system of units (miles and yards), unlike the rest of Europe (kilometres ...

  9. It’s OK to drive on the left side of the road? What to know ...

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    There’s a new set-up at the I-95 exit and entrance at Glades Road.