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World map of right and left traffic
Right-hand traffic
Formerly left-hand traffic, now right-hand traffic
Left-hand traffic
Formerly right-hand traffic, now left-hand traffic
Previously inconsistent regulation (depending on the location), now right-hand traffic
Prevails in the following countries or prevailed in road traffic systems :
Africa
Changeover to left-hand traffic in 1924
Changeover to right-hand traffic in 1961
in the British sphere of influence without Lomé (August 1914 to April 3, 1974)
in Lomé (August 1914 to September 30, 1920)
Europe
1866–1910 gradually switched to right-hand traffic in rural areas
Changeover to right-hand traffic in large cities on October 20, 1924
in Vienna: July 12, 1882 to September 18, 1938
in Vorarlberg: 1910 to August 21, 1921
in Tyrol (except East Tyrol): 1910 to April 1, 1930
in Carinthia and East Tyrol: 1910 to June 14, 1935
in Salzburg, Zell am See district and partially St. Johann im Pongau district (west of Lend): 1915 to April 1, 1930
in the rest of Salzburg, Upper Austria, Styria and in the southern part of Burgenland: 1915 to June 30, 1938
in Lower Austria and in the northern part of Burgenland: 1915 to September 18, 1938
formerly in parts of Poland : Galicia came to Poland in 1918 and switched to right-hand traffic
formerly in Portugal (until June 1, 1928)
formerly in parts of Romania : Banat and Transylvania come to Romania in 1919 and switch to right-hand traffic
previously in Sweden (until September 3, 1967, see also Dagen H )
formerly in parts of Spain ( Madrid until September 1924)
formerly in Czechoslovakia (until 1938/1939):
Annexation of the Sudetenland from Germany and thus conversion to right-hand traffic on October 10, 1938
Occupation of the " remaining Czech Republic " and conversion to right-hand traffic on March 15, 1939
Changeover to right-hand traffic throughout Hungary except for an area with a radius of around 30 kilometers around Budapest on July 6, 1941
Changeover to right-hand traffic in the Budapest area on November 9, 1941
Asia
On the Okinawa archipelago , however , there was right -hand traffic in the period from April 1, 1945 to July 30, 1978 , as it was administered by the USA from 1945 to 1972
originally there was both right-hand and left-hand traffic in China
Conversion to right-hand traffic on January 1, 1946 (except in Canton, Shanghai and Kunming)
Changeover to right-hand traffic in Canton, Shanghai and Kunming on July 13, 1946
North America / Central America
Oceania
South America
See also
A list of the railway regulations in the individual countries can be found here .
Web links
Individual evidence
^ Johanna Greil: Left-hand traffic: When everything goes the other way around. In: News from Eastern Bavaria. October 1, 2018, from idowa.de, accessed on August 25, 2019.
↑ Daniel Müller: Why people drive on the left in Samoa now. In: The world. September 7, 2009, from Welt.de, accessed on August 25, 2019.
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