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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]
Countries colored blue drive on the left. Those colored red drive on the right. Items portrayed in this file ... Left- or right-hand road traffic by country: Width ...
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 ...
You’re probably aware that around 30% of the world’s countries drive on the left while 70% drive on the right. ... In Europe, Napoleon Bonaparte had a big hand in it, while in the United ...
For countries driving on the left, the convention stipulates that the traffic signs should be mirror images of those used in countries driving on the right. This practice, however, is not systematically followed in the four European countries driving on the left – the United Kingdom, Cyprus, Malta and Ireland.
English: A map indicating which countries drive on the right side of the road, and which drive on the left side, coupled with whether they use kilometers as a distance/speed unit, or miles. Right-hand traffic, kilometers
The decision by Sweden to change to right hand traffic in 1967, bringing it into line with other Nordic countries, also influenced Iceland's decision. [6] [7] In addition, Iceland was hosting an increased number of visitors from the United States and mainland Europe. [5] The Traffic Commission (Umferðarnefnd) was assigned to handle the task.