This got me smirking this morning when I was glancing my news feed. Well at least they’re driving on the ‘right’ side of the road. Next thing you know, there would be a need to change from Metric to Imperial or either.
Samoa’s inhabitants are preparing to switch from driving on one side of the road to the other.
Critics have predicted traffic chaos in the small South Pacific nation nation of 180,000 people readies to change lanes on Monday, the first country to do so in nearly 40 years.
Al Jazeera’s Wayne Hay reports.
Countries that use left-hand traffic account for about 30% of the world’s population, a sixth of its area and a quarter of its roads. Below, the list.
Anguilla
Antigua
Australia
The Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Bermuda
Bhutan
Botswana
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Cayman Islands
Channel Islands
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Cook Islands
Cyprus
Dominica
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Grenada
Guyana
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Isle of Man
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Kiribati (Gilbert Islands)
Lesotho
Macao
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Mauritius
Montserrat
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
New Zealand
Nieu Island
Norfolk Island
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn Island
St Helena
St Kitts-Nevits (-Anguilla)
St Lucia
St Vincent
Seychelles
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Surinam
Swaziland
Tanzania
Thailand
Tokelau Islands
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
United Kingdom
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Zambia
Zimbabwe
