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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 ...
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 ...
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).
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 ...
The second national Swedish referendum was held on 16 October 1955. The two alternatives were to either switch to driving on the right or keep left hand driving. Voter turnout was 53.2%, and 82.9% of the votes were in favor of keeping left hand driving. Only 15.5% voted for switching to right hand traffic. 1.6% of the votes were blank votes ...
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 ...
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