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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 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 ...
All neighbouring countries drove on the right, including Norway and Finland, with which Sweden shares land borders, with 5 million vehicles crossing annually. [ 5 ] More than 90 percent of Swedes drove left-hand-drive vehicles, [ 5 ] and this led to many head-on collisions when passing on narrow two-lane highways. [ 6 ]
In the prefecture, from the late 1970s until the early 1980s, right-hand drive vehicles were often called 730 cars (730車両 or 730カー), while LHD vehicles were called 729 cars (729車両 or 729カー). Both expressions are now obsolete. Although rare, there are still a few "729 cars" surviving on the road.
Right-hand drive models were locally assembled in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa until 1969. For most of its run, the Canadian Parisienne was nearly mechanically identical to the American Chevrolet Impala or Chevrolet Caprice. The Parisienne wagon continued under the Safari nameplate until 1989.
It is even possible for car buyers in the United Kingdom to buy right-hand drive cars in EU countries with right-hand traffic where left-hand drive cars are the norm. [ 7 ] Japanese used vehicle exporting is a large global business, as rigorous road tests and high depreciation make such vehicles worth very little (in Japan) after six years, and ...
A 1974 "Acapulco" Thing. The Volkswagen Type 181 is a two-wheel drive, four-door convertible, manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen from 1968 until 1983. Originally developed for the West German Army, the Type 181 also entered the civilian market as the Kurierwagen (“courier car”) in West Germany, the Trekker (RHD Type 182) in the United Kingdom, the Thing in the United States and Canada ...
In this article we are going to list the 12 countries that produce the most cars. Click to skip ahead and jump to the 5 countries that produce the most cars. When the first car was produced 134 ...
In Canada and the United States of America, postal service vehicles, parking enforcement cars and garbage trucks are mostly right-hand drive, in order to give the driver direct access to the curbside (and the mailboxes); it is possible to reach mailboxes even with a left-hand drive car, but then the driver has to drive on the wrong side of the ...