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Life would be easier if UK switched driving sides.
by rossmohax 3y ago
Life would be easier if UK switched driving sides.
- sebzim4500 3y agoMaybe eventually but the transition period would be decades of pain. And it would be especially ridiculous if self driving makes it a moot point by the time transition has actually happened.
- kkielhofner 3y agoDifferent country, smaller population, etc but Sweden did it in four years[0]. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen_H https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen_H
- sebzim4500 3y agoThe main difference there is that the vast majority of drivers already had LHD cars.
- notahacker 3y agoI don't think Sweden in 1963 had a comparable number of intersections designed with high speed merges in mind...
- stonogo 3y ago"Decades of pain" is a bit of an overstatement, given that other first-world countries have achieved it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen_H https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen_H
- sebzim4500 3y agoHas anyone achieved it that didn't already have the overwhelming majority of their cars in LHD?