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Plum@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Left- and right-hand traffic

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Left- and right-hand traffic

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Plum@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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  • ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world
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    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.

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      What?! Why?

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        ✨ british imperialism ✨

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

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

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              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

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                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.

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          and there’s the answer

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      1 year ago

      Right front

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

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      1 year 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.

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