Countries Which Drive On The Left Side Of The Road

                                    

Three quarters of the world's countries drive on the right side of the road, despite the fact that driving on the left side of the road has been around a lot longer.  

It is widely believed that Napoleon Bonaparte instigated the right side rule for driving in continental Europe in 1792, although the United Kingdom set the scene for driving on the left side of the road in 1722, in order to alleviate traffic congestion on the capital’s London Bridge.  

Blue - Countries which drive on the left
Red - Countries which drive on the right

Left hand drive (LHD) and right hand drive (RHD) however mean another thing entirely.

Countries which drive on the left side of the road will drive vehicles with a steering wheel positioned on the right, which is known as a right hand drive (RHD) vehicle, and countries which drive on the right side of the road will have vehicles with a steering wheel positioned on the left, which is known as a left hand drive (LHD) vehicle.

Therefore driving in a country which drives on the left side of the road will require driving a vehicle with right hand drive and driving in a country which drives on the right side of the road will require driving a vehicle with left hand drive.

This is done to enable drivers to safely view oncoming traffic.

Shown below is a list of the thirty seven sovereign states and six territories which drive on the left side of the road, therefore requiring a right hand drive (RHD) vehicle. 
Everywhere else drives on the right side of the road and implements the use of left hand drive (LHD) vehicles.  

Australia

Bahamas

Bangladesh

Barbados

Bhutan 

Botswana

Brunei

Channel Islands (UK)

Cook Islands

Cyprus

East Timor 

Falkland Islands

Fiji

Guyana

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia 

Isle of Man

Jamaica

Japan 

Kiribati

Macau

Malaysia

Malta 

Mauritius 

Mozambique

Nauru

Nepal

New Zealand

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

Republic of Ireland

Samoa

Singapore

Solomon Islands

South Africa

Sri Lanka

Suriname

Thailand

Trinidad & Tobago 

Tuvalu

United Kingdom

U.S Virgin Islands  



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