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It was Sweden, not Norway

Jesper, a Dane

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From: "kontikipaul" <contikipaul@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 10:18 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Driving in Africa - borders

> Well I think we've hammered down the shortest border question. Now
> as a former UN peacekeeper I've been to both Egypt and South Africa
> in diplomatic protection roles.
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> In Egypt they drive on the right (ie the US side of the road)
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> In South Africa they drive on the left (ie English side of the
> road)
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> Where does this meet in Africa. Which two countries border each
> other and drive on opposite sides of the road. In meeting South
> Africans I posed this question and one of them told me that he had
> been to both Namibia and Zimbabwe and they drove on the South African
> side of the road. (ie UK style - drive on left and steering wheel on
> the right)
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> A Scandinavian guy once told me that Norway used to drive on the
> UK side but switched quite literaly one Sunday, the police stopped
> all traffic and turned around the street signs at like 2am.
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