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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 ...
Driving in the United Kingdom is governed by various legal powers and in some cases is subject to the passing of a driving test. The government produces a Highway Code that details the requirements for all road users, including drivers. Unlike most other countries in the world, UK traffic drives on the left.
A type of ramp or slip road where instead of a standard left turn being made from the left lane, left-turning traffic uses a ramp on the right side of the road (in countries that drive on the right). Junction A location where multiple roads intersect, allowing vehicular traffic to change from one road to another.
It turns out that about 30% of the world’s countries mandate left-side driving and another 70% or so stay to the right. How it got that way is a winding tale. In Europe, Napoleon Bonaparte ...
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 ...
Turn right Not used Not used Turn right ahead Proceed straight or turn right Not used Not used Not used Not used Keep right (or left) or : Pass on either side or [s] Route for heavy goods vehicles and vehicles carrying dangerous goods Not used Not used and: Roundabout Not used [t] or: Minimum speed limit Not used Not used Not used Not used ...
Turn right Go straight or turn right Turn left or right Roundabout [note 6] [note 6] Keep left / Keep right or : or : May pass on either side Route for vehicles carrying dangerous goods Minimum speed limit Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland
And the professionals who train our children to drive teach their driving students only to pull into the intersection to make a left turn if there is a clear path all the way through the intersection.