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d w. the just be 35 percent of the world's population drives in the left side of the road like i did for most of my life in india. of course this, the people are driving on the right hand side is wrong. why is this on which side of the road has people historically driven? how did the legs of napoleon and hitler play a part in getting people to switch sites with campbells really prevent focused on from making the change. and which side of civil jelly is safe to drive on. jab builds into the history of list tonight and drones with him driving say that's one of the 1st things i needed to come to terms with when i moved the country for 2 years ago. which got me thinking why to some countries drive on the left side of the road and others on the right side who got to decide this. and what did the engine romans have to do with it all? well,

let's find those driving side seem pretty fix. don't the most if you're in north america drive on the right side of the road by the britain and its former colonies like india focused on history on new zealand, south africa, hong kong single, the list goes on drive on the list. and while it seems like all the respective rules a set in stone, you will be surprised to know that as recently as 2009 countries were still changing the mind. yes, it's 6 pm on september 7th, 2009 in the tiny island nation of some more voice crackled over the video, telling people to stop debbie who goes wherever they will. it was the country's police minister pip it to yeah, for 5 pc reading people for the country is big switch from the right to the left side of the road. the reason the government warranted to adopt the same driving standards as the islands near this neighbors was really a n u z lynn, because it would make importing vehicles into the country,

easier for some ones who would then also have access to cheapest 2nd hand cards. believe i don't know if the transition went smoothly, they would no accidents reported doing the switch over which was regulated by the police. the only 0 complication was that the someone's hadn't figured out what to do with their buses, which still had doors that opened on the right hand side. which meant that for the why the to the switch, someone's was stepping off the buses into the middle of the street. something that eventually resulted but long before the people of some more i began to debate which side of the road drive on the engine. romans had already picked sites, see somewhere between inventing concrete and aqueduct. they'd also gone in boots the very 1st drugs. and along with. ringback they decided which side of the people ought to be on, and according to them, it was best to keep lift. it turns out that were 2 reasons for this. first, back in ancient room, people travelled on horseback,

since most people are right and dominant said mount the horses from the left side, and they'd use their right hands to we did. the squads should be made to baffle enemies along the way. which meant it was easier to stick to the left side of the road. and roman chevy accused would use the lift, tends to hold the dns to the horses using that dominant tonight tends to with best deeds, all their rivals on the check. it's also said the poor boniface, the issue that people evict in $1380.00 stating also drums traveling to room or to stick to the left. although there doesn't appear to be any hard evidence of this. in fact, peter can get or put up a book called if you look through it seems to have uncovered evidence to the quantity. at any rate, the change of keeping left spread across the entire roman empire, which extended over half of the yard and for the field. and that's how traffic running on the list became. the no documented evidence of left side traffic exists

in britain wade and the 18th century. the london bridge act required traffic over the teams to keep list. and in the 19th century, the highly activating party 5, made driving on the left side of the road. nationwide low this into and meant the british colonies around the world at the same standards. so it's driving on the left side of the road was the knob when and why the people begin to switch over. well, a bad into it has something to do with the resolutions and wanting to break for the past. it speculated the american split switch to using the right side of the road. often there was independence. it was a way of breaking with the colonial past and an attempt to denounce established conventions. but the 1st documented evidence of americans road traffic being us to keep right within the 1792 pennsylvania statute. with a ton bike or toward road being moved from lancaster to philadelphia, the statutes required on traffic to keep to the right of the done bike. but even

before this, american traffic had slowly been shifting to the dates. thanks to the comments, to go with. these huge the uniquely shapes, cabbages were often bored by 24 or 6 horses in order to control them better, the wagon you would sit under your left tossed, allowing his right hand to do most of the work with the whip, which also meant that keeping light allowed for better visibility of the road ahead since the day that would be able to judge oncoming traffic. that would cost to the left. and well, people began switching sides and the new was winds of change were blowing across new york to it, speculated the defend chevy use. and had a similar effect on trans as the american board of independence had in the usa, in a bit debrief with traditions defense rejected to keep less dixie that had been imposed on them extensively by the church. but there's another purity, the apple plastic tubing, cabbages that would keep less forcing the peasants onto the right side of the street,

off to the us and it was safe. so for the ditch to fall in line by switching to the right side of the street. that's avoiding standing up too much and potentially being lynched, sent to the gear team. and there's another theory to it has to do with the little man in a blue jacket who had enormous amounts of influence in france and your to, to, before he saw l by that is it's often said that napoleon himself was left handed. so that's the hand with which he'd viewed his ward. he therefore preferred riding on the right side of the road which he in throne forced on the rest of the print empire as his armies march 2 yards and eventually parts of africa and north america . the to keep right with them. it was finally surrendered. north america stands with keeping right the advent of promot. okay. given that keeping date had already become the norm in the us. it's no surprise, but when the 1st full model,

the droid off, henry ford's assembly line it had the steering wheels placed on the left, which naturally meant it was easier to drive on the day simply so the drivers could see better just not to see us up in canada, some provinces drove on the left, but others drove and today, depending on whether they used to be british or french calling in between your to be to connect to canada would be us keels interviewed to the decision was made the switch to driving on the day, incidentally, this was the same side of the door that one tied you and put back the 2 largest provinces in the country already used. vancouver was the last city in canada to make the switch at 6 pm on the 1st of january, 1922. back in your keeping right with gaining popularity. germany officially adopted driving on that side and 19 pen as him. later again, strengthen the order he began to impose. all right, and several of the head of trees like austria, entered the vakio hungry,

which until then had persisted in driving on the left. finally made the switch in 1941. eventually the full country in continental europe. the drove on the list was sweeping. which brings us to dog and it's a real good chance to come logan and which translates to right and traffic. so your organization quite the tongue twister and possibly as complicated the pronounced as it was to execute. in 1967, the swedes decided that a switch to driving on the right side of the road would benefit them since it would ease cross border traffic complications within notice neighbors, finland, n or we, since the country already use left hand drive cars, which could lead to quite sensibly drive on the right side of the road. and since the on this cause was expected to substantially increase over the next 2 years, the settled on the date for the switch. sweden had an existence campaign to make sure the drivers wouldn't forget that they were meant to swap sides. the dog and

each logo was in blazing, doing everything from bikini bottoms to wife runs. and so there was even a contest with pop band competed to make a song about the switch, the winning entry, a song called to the to who the swenson. ok, so the light swinson performed by the telescope, the bottom part of the process with motor this accident fee that will major logistical challenges because everything from road signs to bus stops needed to be swapped. the operation costs sweden a whopping 120000000 swedish going up. that strep's be 160000000. your goal is to date and the country was left with the surplus buses with doors that opened out on the left side, which the eventually shipped to kenya and focused on speaking of focused on it's

been suggested that the country also considered switching from driving on the left to the right to be critical is on your past. unfortunately, at the time a lot of state goods were moved using campbells, which had all been chained to walk on the left side of the road. it has been a ledge, the g training obstinate can't move to go on the right side of the road was to begin ask and so plans for the switch for a band and the bid is bare. decide up the road that's better and safer to drive on and is the left or the right side of the road. the actual right side for 2020 study hypothesize that there was a link between host see if left 10 or right 10 traffic was. and you'd have to do logical factors like which had you to so which of your eyes is dominant and which side of the brain you use more? the study, i'm like existing accident quotes to try and find which side of the road is felicia for. and was 50 years or so ago,

there was some evidence that countries with left hand traffic supported fueled accidents, the study eventually didn't look into the results. instead it said, because it's put into right hand in right, dominance, driving with the left could possibly be safer. nonetheless, it's certainly not the most popular choice way to, but of course the has been other countries indebted season underwood that hit switch driving sides over the years. japan drives from the left side of fluid, but after world war to okinawa was on the american control and to switch to driving on the day. in contrast to the rest of the country. it was only in 1978 and what was called the 7 put the change over that attributed to driving on the left. iceland nigeria, sierra leone, human and tana all switch driving size the various points in time to. but perhaps the quick use which has been all happened in myanmar on 6 december 1917 myers been still quite boma switched from driving them the left side to the day because the

country's lead a general new winston feed exceeded. but since they don't need driven right hand drive cars until then they, since we move them over to the right side of the road, a practice which continues to, to be in more than damien. my. possibly the only country in the world right hand drive cause will cease to leave, dive on the right side of the door. an unusual to say the name which side of it or do you want it? has there ever been a driving type in your body to it? we'd love to hear from you. the the books view will tell you who we are happy that we are boxing. the story.

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