Great
page, nfhodder!
Here are some pix from the Swedish event:
Upper
picture: From Kungsgatan street, Stockholm exact during the change from left to
right.
Middle
picture: Two taxi drivers salutes each other with "the great
day".
Downer
picture: From left, Minister of Transport Mr. Olof Palme (in Feb. 1985
killed in office as Prime Minister) together with the Head of Right
Driving Campaign, Mr. Lars Skiöld; pictured the next day after the
change.
(From the book "Hvem Hva Hvor 1968, page 54, © Chr. Schibsteds
Forlag, Oslo, 1967.)
Jan
Vilnius, Lithuania
Have any of
you been to borders where road traffic changes sides of
the road? I
would be interested to see any photos of this.
There are 30 borders
worldwide where road traffic changes sides:
AFRICA
Kenya /
Ethopia
Kenya / Sudan
Namibia / Angola
Somalia / Djibouti
Somalia
/ Ethopia
Tanzania / Burundi
Tanzania / DR Congo
Tanzania /
Rwanda
Uganda / DR Congo
Uganda / Rwanda
Uganda / Sudan
Zambia /
Angola
Zambia / DR Congo
AMERICA
Guyana / Brazil
Guyana /
Venezuela
Suriname / Brazil
Suriname / French
Guyana
ASIA
Bangladesh / Myanmar
Bhutan / China
Hong Kong /
China
India / China
India / Myanmar
Macao / China
Nepal /
China
Pakistan / Afghanistan
Pakistan / China
Pakistan /
Iran
Thailand / Cambodia
Thailand / Laos
Thailand / Myanmar
I
think Hong Kong / China may have the highest traffic of these
borders. Before Sweden changed to driving on the right in 1967, it
had large amount of cross-border traffic with Norway, which was one
of
the reasons for the change. Apparently, they used to have cross-
over
bridges at some of the major crossing points.
There is a little more on
this subject at:
http://www.travel-library.com/general/driving/drive_which_side.html
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