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Prerevolutionary War the American Colonies followed British Custom of driving on the left. After independence everything British had to go. Despite the developments in the US, some parts of Canada continued to drive on the left until shortly after the Second World War. The territory controlled by the French (from Quebec to Louisiana) drove on the right, but the territory occupied by the English (British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland) kept left. British Columbia and the Atlantic provinces switched to the right in the 1920s in order to conform with the rest of Canada and the USA. Newfoundland drove on the left until 1947, and joined Canada in 1949.they are thinking of left side drive in the mine,
No, it is completely irrational because I drove in left hand drive countries for 30 years and twenty of those years I was in right hand drive cars, this includes long periods in Greece Italy and Saudi Arabia. I never had an accident but I saw more than I can count. Drivng in Europe on motorways is easier in a right hand drive car than left. In traffic in British car you are next to a European driver in their car. One French driver asked me in his beat up dented all over Peugeot "do you have a problem driving in Paris" I looked at his car and replied "Not as much as you do". Feeling safe and being safe are not the same thing.lol
Oops, no I rationally hate it then.
It was considered for about 3 nanoseconds. If it were ever done it would result in many thousands of deaths which would go against the person who gave it the go ahead.In the 1960s, Great Britain also considered changing, but the country's conservative powers did everything they could to block the proposal. Furthermore, the fact that it would cost billions of pounds to change everything round was not much of an incentive… Eventually, Britain dropped the idea. Today, only four European countries still drive on the left: the United Kingdom, Ireland, Cyprus and Malta.
The UK population has increased by 50% since the end of the war and car traffic has increased by thousands in percentage terms. All the lights are in the wrong places and facing the wrong way but the biggest problem is people looking the wrong way when crossing the road especially old people after a few beers.Depends on how you make the change-over. For example, after the Second World War, left-driving Sweden, the odd one out in mainland Europe,.
The British North America Act of 1867 created the modern state of Canada by combining the Province of Canada, Ontario and Quebec nowadays, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into a dominion within the British Empire. My phraseology was bad. I should have said, "The territory that HAD been controlled by the French from Quebec to Louisiana drove on the right"your history is off. When do you think Canada became a country?
The United Kingdom itself is two countries (England and Scotland) a Principality (Wales) and the Province of Northern Ireland. In addition there are various other "bits" like the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.Today, only four European countries still drive on the left: the United Kingdom, Ireland, Cyprus and Malta.
Before the French Revolution, the aristocracy traveled on the left of the road, forcing the peasantry over to the right, but after the storming of the Bastille and the subsequent events, aristocrats preferred to keep a low profile and joined the peasants on the right. An official keep-right rule was introduced in Paris in 1794, more or less parallel to Denmark, where driving on the right had been made compulsory in 1793. Later, Napoleon's conquests spread the new rightism to the Low Countries (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg), Switzerland, Germany, Poland and many parts of Spain and Italy. .
The United Kingdom itself is two countries (England and Scotland) a Principality (Wales) and the Province of Northern Ireland. In addition there are various other "bits" like the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
Fubar, I was referring to political status, the Isle of Man is a self governing Crown dependency. The five islands of the Channel Islands Guernsey Jersey Alderney Sark and Herm are part of two bailiwicks Jersey and Guernsey. They are part of the British Islands but not part of the British Isles as far as the definition of the UK goes.
Today, only four European countries still drive on the left: the United Kingdom, Ireland, Cyprus and Malta.