Re:Dagen H: The Day Sweden Switched Traffic Sides
by mixmastamyk on Thursday April 11, 2019 @08:17PM
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Now UK and Japan can give it a try. ;-)
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Re:Dagen H: The Day Sweden Switched Traffic Sides
by perilunar on Thursday April 11, 2019 @10:00PM
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Not going to happen. UK and Japan are both island nations (as are Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia), so there is no pressing need to change. And India is probably too large to change.
Re:Dagen H: The Day Sweden Switched Traffic Sides
by bloak on Friday April 12, 2019 @01:50AM
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And Pakistan won't change because the camels wouldn't agree.
That's the story I heard, anyway. They were considering the change but then someone pointed out that the camel caravans continue through the night with the driver asleep on one of them and the camels know which side of the road they go on and if you tried to argue with them about it, well, they can be cantankerous, apparently.
Re:Dagen H: The Day Sweden Switched Traffic Sides
by perilunar on Friday April 12, 2019 @03:25AM
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That's hilarious. I wonder how traffic changes affect dogs and other animals that cross the road often?
Re:Dagen H: The Day Sweden Switched Traffic Sides
by frosted-flakes on Friday April 12, 2019 @12:40AM
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Switching today would be virtually impossible. Just think of all the freeway interchanges that would have to be rebuilt, costing tens or hundreds of billions of dollars.
Re:Dagen H: The Day Sweden Switched Traffic Sides
by 7952 on Saturday April 13, 2019 @06:54AM
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I think most interchanges would be fairly symmetrical. Although a lot of bellmouths at junctions would need to be changed to accommodate HGVs. And lanes approaching roundabouts would need to be moved.