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If you are planning to travel and perhaps rent a car it's a good idea to check in advance about which side of the road vehicles drive on. There are more than 50 around the world that drive on the left, and in some countries it's very common, and perhaps scary, when a mix of left drive (driving on the right) and right drive (driving on the left) vehicles share the road.

Left driving countries

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Australia

Bahamas

Bangladesh

Barbados

Bermuda

Bhutan

Bophuthatswana

Botswana

British Virgin Islands

Brunei

Cayman Islands

Channel Islands

Ciskei

Cyprus

Dominica

Falkland Islands

Fiji

Grenada

Guyana

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Ireland

Jamaica

Japan

Kenya

Lesotho

Macau

Malawi

Malaysia

Malta

Mauritius

Montserrat

Mozambique

Namibia

Nepal

New Zealand

Pakistan

Papua

New Guinea

St. Vincent and Grenadines

Seychelles

Sikkim

Singapore

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

Sri Lanka

St Kitts and Nevis

St. Helena

St. Lucia

Surinam

Swaziland

Tanzania

Thailand

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Uganda

United Kingdom

US Virgin Islands

Venda

Zambia

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Comments

Arjyle, on Saturday, 18. April 2009 at 02:46 PM

Ian is absolutely correct. I lived in UK
for over two years, and had "keep left'
totally under control. Then one night
a man went off the road in front of me.
I drove on till the first lane, turned
around and hurried back -- on the right
side of the road -- to help him.

Fortunately there was not other traffic
at that moment, or there'd have been two
accidents.

Admin, on Thursday, 19. March 2009 at 07:58 PM

Thailand is one of the few South East Asia countries never to have been taken over by a colonial power. I guess the British influence in the area must have been responsible for the left side driving rules.

Phil, on Thursday, 19. March 2009 at 01:27 AM

Please enlighten me as to when Thailand was ever a British Colony?

Gary, on Thursday, 06. November 2008 at 04:17 PM

You don't get it Tim. It's not that easy to change sides. The main problem is where to look and when (for example when crossing traffic) and your driving habits.

...and about typing the characters - its to prevent spammers!

Tim Palmer, on Wednesday, 05. November 2008 at 08:50 AM

If one cannot adapt to driving on a different side of the road, then, one should not be on the road!
Furthermore, why should I have to read characters before submitting this message.

IAN ANDREWS, on Friday, 01. February 2008 at 09:46 PM

Essentially, the remaining left hand drive countries are the former British Empire plus Japan .

There are lots of accidents & deaths involving drivers with perfect driving records - until they tried driving on the opposite side of the road to what they were used to . I have seen some of these accidents .

In my opinion, the problem isn't with remembering to "keep left" or "keep right" because that's only 1 rule to remember. It's the mistakes made under pressure that are the problem - when the habits of a lifetime kick in before the concsious mind intervenes . e.g. swerving the wrong way when cut off, looking the wrong way at an intersection , having attention diverted momentarily when fumbling to find one of the driver's controls or switches.

There should be some compulsory driver training required , possibly including some online simulation, as part of the requirement for an International Driving Permit.

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