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«Prince Edward-Island and the British colony of Newfoundland (part of Canada since 1949)[18] in 1947, in order to allow traffic (without side switch) to or from the United States.[19]»
This make no sense these two provinces (colony) share no border with the US. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.143.210.7 ( talk) 15:57, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
It has been some proposal that Pakistan, formerly part of British India, should end British-style left-hand traffic and switch to right-hand traffic. Is it really possible for a populous country like Pakistan to switch from left-hand to right-hand traffic?
The reasons for the proposal to switch to right-hand traffic in Pakistan are that cars built for left-hand traffic, with the driver's seat to the right, which are imported to Pakistan mainly from Japan, have become more expensive to import, in comparison to much cheaper China-made cars, which mainly have the driver's seat to the left, and thus are built for right-hand traffic. To allow import of cheaper China-made cars (which mainly have the driver's seat to the left), rather than expensive cars from Japan (with the driver's seat to the right), it is necessary for Pakistan to end driving on the left and switch to right-hand traffic. 212.100.101.104 ( talk) 19:26, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
This sentence is in the first paragraph under Asia. "Most cars are used RHD vehicles imported from Japan." There's no way to tell which country or countries this is referring to. WikiAlto ( talk) 09:48, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
Do postal services in various countries consistently use LHD platform vehicles in LHT countries for local delivery, and the other way where traffic moves on the right? Access to curb boxes and wanting to avoid stepping into traffic would seem to be a fairly universal workflow and safety interest. - knoodelhed ( talk) 00:02, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
I once read in a book whose title I cannot remember that France due to – according to the book at least – having more inland boat traffic than Britain was used more to RHT, which the book then further argues was spread by Napoleon....
Now even if this is a myth – and I think the sheer amount of canals in England makes one inclined to think so – if we could get good sources, this might be worth mentioning.... 2001:A62:14D6:3902:B940:E02D:3ABE:E39A ( talk) 02:03, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
Whether cars can be registered with the steering wheel on the wrong side is not just a yes/no question. For example, in Australia, it depends on age. Specifically, Victoria requires "vehicles less than 30 years old to be right-hand drive in order to be eligible for full registration." I'm not sure what the best way is to set this out, but the current value of "yes" is misleading at best. Kremmen ( talk) 04:55, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
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«Prince Edward-Island and the British colony of Newfoundland (part of Canada since 1949)[18] in 1947, in order to allow traffic (without side switch) to or from the United States.[19]»
This make no sense these two provinces (colony) share no border with the US. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.143.210.7 ( talk) 15:57, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
It has been some proposal that Pakistan, formerly part of British India, should end British-style left-hand traffic and switch to right-hand traffic. Is it really possible for a populous country like Pakistan to switch from left-hand to right-hand traffic?
The reasons for the proposal to switch to right-hand traffic in Pakistan are that cars built for left-hand traffic, with the driver's seat to the right, which are imported to Pakistan mainly from Japan, have become more expensive to import, in comparison to much cheaper China-made cars, which mainly have the driver's seat to the left, and thus are built for right-hand traffic. To allow import of cheaper China-made cars (which mainly have the driver's seat to the left), rather than expensive cars from Japan (with the driver's seat to the right), it is necessary for Pakistan to end driving on the left and switch to right-hand traffic. 212.100.101.104 ( talk) 19:26, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
This sentence is in the first paragraph under Asia. "Most cars are used RHD vehicles imported from Japan." There's no way to tell which country or countries this is referring to. WikiAlto ( talk) 09:48, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
Do postal services in various countries consistently use LHD platform vehicles in LHT countries for local delivery, and the other way where traffic moves on the right? Access to curb boxes and wanting to avoid stepping into traffic would seem to be a fairly universal workflow and safety interest. - knoodelhed ( talk) 00:02, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
I once read in a book whose title I cannot remember that France due to – according to the book at least – having more inland boat traffic than Britain was used more to RHT, which the book then further argues was spread by Napoleon....
Now even if this is a myth – and I think the sheer amount of canals in England makes one inclined to think so – if we could get good sources, this might be worth mentioning.... 2001:A62:14D6:3902:B940:E02D:3ABE:E39A ( talk) 02:03, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
Whether cars can be registered with the steering wheel on the wrong side is not just a yes/no question. For example, in Australia, it depends on age. Specifically, Victoria requires "vehicles less than 30 years old to be right-hand drive in order to be eligible for full registration." I'm not sure what the best way is to set this out, but the current value of "yes" is misleading at best. Kremmen ( talk) 04:55, 5 May 2024 (UTC)