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Left- and right-hand traffic (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] tiramichu@lemm.ee 14 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

Countries which ~~use left hand drive~~ drive on the left side of the road account for only a sixth of the world's land area, but a full third of the population.

I suppose that's because ~~left hand drive~~ driving on the left has some very dense populations, like Japan, UK and India

Edit: terminology mistake

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 9 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

india has right-hand drive vehicles. the steering wheel is provided at the right-front seat.

we drive on the left side of the road.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 points 11 hours ago

Right front

Right? From the view of someone on the inside? That would be normal for a left side drive nation...

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

What?! Why?

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

✨ british imperialism ✨

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

That doesn't explain why they have the cars meant for side A, but use them to drive on side B.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

cars that drive on the right have their steering wheel on the left side (i.e. left-hand drive), and vice versa.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

OP said (and stressed with italics) that they have right hand drive cars but drive them on the opposite side, which was the point of his comment

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

I think you’re getting confused by the terminology; this is an explanation from the Wikipedia article.

The terms right- and left-hand drive refer to the position of the driver and the steering wheel in the vehicle and are, in automobiles, the reverse of the terms right- and left-hand traffic.

ETA: So the red areas have left-hand drive and right-hand traffic, while the blue areas have right-hand drive and left-hand traffic.

[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 1 points 13 hours ago

and there's the answer

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 0 points 8 hours ago

Isnt that how it works everywhere u have steering wheel on right and drive on left u have steering wheel on left u drive on right.

[–] ryan213@lemmy.ca 7 points 13 hours ago

India's doing most of the work here.