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    Atlas Of Right-Hand Drive Vs. Left-Hand Drive Countries

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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    10/18/09

    In reply to Atlas Of Right-Hand Drive Vs. Left-Hand Drive Countries
    I find it's healthy to switch off every now and then. Keeps the carpal tunnel away ;) #maplopnik
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    10/16/09

    In reply to Atlas Of Right-Hand Drive Vs. Left-Hand Drive Countries
    I think the neatest would be how they actually orchestrate the official changing of the side of the road which is driven on.

    At a preset time, everyone stops, and they change sides. Imagine the clusterfuck. #maplopnik
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    10/16/09

    In reply to Atlas Of Right-Hand Drive Vs. Left-Hand Drive Countries
    Apparently, the LHD, black S-class driving Yakuza of Japan never got this memo. #maplopnik
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    10/16/09

    In reply to Atlas Of Right-Hand Drive Vs. Left-Hand Drive Countries
    You mean the U.S. is supposed to ALWAYS drive on the right? #maplopnik
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    10/16/09

    @skaycog: That's what my wife said. #maplopnik
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    10/16/09

    In reply to Atlas Of Right-Hand Drive Vs. Left-Hand Drive Countries
    I dont understand the purple category for Canada. Can someone please explain #maplopnik
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    Maxichamp promoted this comment mandwer was starred mandwer was unstarred
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    10/16/09

    @mandwer: From wikipedia:
    Until the 1920s, the rule of the road in Canada varied by province, with British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island having cars driving on the left, and the other provinces and territories having motorists driving on the right. Starting with inland British Columbia on 15 July 1920 and ending with Prince Edward Island on 1 May 1924, these provinces changed to driving on the right.[42] Newfoundland was not part of Canada until 1949, and its motorists drove on the left until 2 January 1947 #maplopnik
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    10/16/09

    In reply to Atlas Of Right-Hand Drive Vs. Left-Hand Drive Countries
    I can see why a country might switch from driving on the left to the right, but why on earth would one go from the right side to the left? #maplopnik
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    Image of TimTim TimTim
    10/16/09

    @Flathead Smith: No kidding, not even remotely logical. #maplopnik
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    10/16/09

    @Flathead Smith: Just a few weeks ago American Samoa switched to left in order to buy used cars from Australia and New Zealand that are close by. #maplopnik
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    10/16/09

    @dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity: It's Western Samoa, not American Samoa. #maplopnik
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    10/16/09

    @dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity: That actually makes pretty good sense. Lets hope they make through the massive coming carnage intact. #maplopnik
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    10/16/09

    @Maxichamp: Oops. I seat corrected. #maplopnik
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    Image of TheGuinnessTooth TheGuinnessTooth
    10/16/09

    @dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity: And then they got hit with a deadly tsunami. I hope they've learned their lesson. #maplopnik
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    10/16/09

    In reply to Atlas Of Right-Hand Drive Vs. Left-Hand Drive Countries
    Countries on the left side should switch cars with those on the right. Reduces the chance of death for the driver...passengers on the other hand....

    Two-lane passing would be, and it's hard to believe, even more hazardous than it is now, however.

    I claim the first overpowered Holden ute which comes here.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    10/16/09

    In reply to Atlas Of Right-Hand Drive Vs. Left-Hand Drive Countries
    The Caribbean is one area where the rules of the road can be flexible. The side of the road you drive on depends on your nerve, the amount of rum consumed, and the relative sizes of the vehicles involved.

    France was a bit of an odd case. Before World War II, French luxury and sports car makers like Bugatti, Delahaye, Delage, and Hotchkiss would put the steering wheel on the right, even though people drove on the right side of the road. It was said to be easier to watch the sides of the road when driving through the mountains. This practice ended by the early '50s. The fact that it died along with the death of the luxury makes (due to government restrictions and heavy taxation on large cars) is not a coincidence.
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    Image of GtAkReYz GtAkReYz
    10/16/09

    @tonyola: "It was said to be easier to watch the sides of the road when driving through the mountains. This practice ended by the early '50s."

    For that to be right, their roads always had to be on the left side of the mountain.

    And they were one-way roads.

    Are French that silly? #maplopnik
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    Image of TurboBrick [LIGIER] TurboBrick [LIGIER]
    10/16/09

    @tonyola: Volvo did the same thing. They've always built cars with LHD even thought the traffic in Sweden ran on the right. The reason for it was that you could pay better attention to the side of the road if you were closer to it. #maplopnik
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    10/16/09

    @GtAkReYz: Think about this for a minute. If you are driving on the right in a left-hand-drive car (like in the USA), the view closest to you on a two-lane, two-way street is always going to be the opposite lane. The edge of the road will be on the opposite side of the car.

    A right-hand-drive car driving on the right (like the old French luxury way) will always have the edge of the road closest to the driver. In the mountains, this means you can more easily gauge the distance to a dropoff or a solid wall of rock. #maplopnik
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    10/16/09

    In reply to Atlas Of Right-Hand Drive Vs. Left-Hand Drive Countries
    Huh. Russiah voted for McCain? Weird. Even weirder the Aussies went for Obama. Though Italy's going for the (R) ticket doesn't surprise me, after what their leader said about Obama's "tan".

    Nice to know the whole world cares about our politics. #maplopnik
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    10/16/09

    In reply to Atlas Of Right-Hand Drive Vs. Left-Hand Drive Countries
    Enough with these political posts already! #maplopnik
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    10/16/09

    @beercheck: Let me buy you a beer, friend. #maplopnik
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    Image of TimTim TimTim
    10/16/09

    In reply to Atlas Of Right-Hand Drive Vs. Left-Hand Drive Countries
    I just want to know what happens on roads that go from a RHD country to a LHD country.

    I know it's probably something simple, but I'm envisioning something along the lines of those criss-cross slot car tracks.
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    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    10/16/09


    @TimTim: #maplopnik
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    Image of philibuster philibuster
    10/16/09

    @JCWhitless: Where, exactly is that? And what the hell does the actual intersection look like? #maplopnik
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    10/16/09

    @philibuster: I thought it might be Tamil, but it doesn't look complex enough, so my guess is Thai? #maplopnik
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    Image of Black_Betty Black_Betty
    10/16/09

    @philibuster: Thats going from Thailand to Laos. Laos started driving after the yanks fled and left a whole lot of scrap there, same with Vietnam.
    Thailand however had already been importing cars from Japan so went with the RHD. #maplopnik
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/16/09

    In reply to Atlas Of Right-Hand Drive Vs. Left-Hand Drive Countries
    I think you forgot the category of 'Has always driven every which way', which covers my town pretty well. #maplopnik
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    10/16/09

    In reply to Atlas Of Right-Hand Drive Vs. Left-Hand Drive Countries
    Looks like Namibia is the only country that switched from right to left. Of course, in some countries, it doesn't matter a whole lot which side of the road you drive on. #maplopnik
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    10/16/09

    In reply to Atlas Of Right-Hand Drive Vs. Left-Hand Drive Countries
    The map needs 2 more categories:

    1. Would drive on the right if there were any cars there.

    2. Would drive on the left if there were any cars there. #maplopnik
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    Image of Pew Pew BOOM Pew Pew BOOM
    10/16/09

    In reply to Atlas Of Right-Hand Drive Vs. Left-Hand Drive Countries
    Color yellow should cover the entire map. That's when people get drunk and drive all over the place.
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    Image of AtlBchGator AtlBchGator
    10/16/09

    @Pew Pew BOOM: Except in the middle east where alcohol is mostly banned. Because, y'know, it leads to violence. And we can't have that. #maplopnik
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