ကမ္ဘာပေါ်ရှိ နိုင်ငံအသီးသီးအနေဖြင့် မော်တော်ယာဉ်မောင်းနှင်မှုတွင် လက်ဝဲကပ်မောင်းနှင့် လက်ယာကပ်မောင်းစနစ်တို့ဖြင့် အသီးသီး ကျင့်သုံးကြပါသည်။ ယခုလက်ရှိ စာရင်းအရ လက်ယာကပ်မောင်းစနစ် ကျင့်သုံးသော နိုင်ငံနှင့်ဒေသ ၁၆၅ ခုရှိပြီး လက်ဝဲကပ်မောင်းစနစ် ကျင့်သုံးသော နိုင်ငံနှင့်ဒေသ ၇၅ ခုရှိပါသည်။ လက်ဝဲကပ်မောင်း စနစ်ကျင့်သုံးသော နိုင်ငံများကို စာရင်းဇယားအရ တွက်ကြည့်ပါက ကမ္ဘာမြေဧရိယာ၏ ခြောက်ပုံတစ်ပုံ၊ ကမ္ဘာ့လူဦးရေ၏ သုံးပုံတစ်ပုံ၊ ကမ္ဘာပေါ်ရှိ လမ်းအရှည်၏ လေးပုံတစ်ပုံ တို့သည် လက်ဝဲကပ်မောင်း စနစ်ကျင့်သုံးကြပါသည်။
၁၉၁၉ ခုနှစ်က စာရင်းအရ လက်ဝဲကပ်မောင်းနှင့် လက်ယာကပ်မောင်း စနစ်ကျင့်သုံးသော ဒေသအရေအတွက်မှာ ၁၀၄ ခုစီဖြင့် အတူတူ ဖြစ်ကြောင်း သိရပါသည်။ ၁၉၁၉ ခုနှစ်မှ ၁၉၈၆ ခုနှစ်အတွင်း လက်ဝဲကပ်မောင်း စနစ်ကျင့်သုံးသော ဒေသ ၃၄ ခုမှာ လက်ယာကပ်မောင်းစနစ်သို့ ပြောင်းလဲခဲ့ကြပါသည်။ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသည်လည်း ၁၉၇၀ ခုနှစ်တွင် လက်ဝဲကပ်မောင်း စနစ်မှ လက်ယာကပ်မောင်းစနစ်သို့ ပြောင်းလဲခဲ့ပါသည်။
လက်ဝဲကပ်မောင်းစနစ် ကျင့်သုံးသောနိုင်ငံများတွင် လက်ယာမောင်းကားအများစုကို အဓိကခွင့်ပြုပြီး လက်ယာကပ်မောင်းစနစ် ကျင့်သုံးသောနိုင်ငံများတွင် လက်ဝဲမောင်းကားအများစုကို အဓိကခွင့်ပြုကြပါသည်။ ဥပမာအားဖြင့် ဆွီဒင်နိုင်ငံသည် ၁၇၃၄ ခုနှစ်တွင် လက်ဝဲကပ်မောင်းစနစ် စတင်ကျင့်သုံးခဲ့ပြီး ၁၉၆၇ ခုနှစ်တွင် လက်ယာကပ်မောင်း စနစ်သို့ ပြောင်းလဲကျင့်သုံးခဲ့ပါသည်။ ယနေ့အချိန်တွင် ဆွီဒင်နိုင်ငံတွင်းရှိ မော်တော်ကားစုစုပေါင်း၏ ၉၀% သည် လက်ဝဲမောင်းကားများ ဖြစ်ကြပါသည်။
အားလုံးမဟုတ်သော်လည်း ဗြိတိသျှကိုလိုနီ ဖြစ်ခဲ့သောနိုင်ငံအများစုမှာ လက်ဝဲကပ်မောင်းစနစ် ကျင့်သုံးခဲ့/ကျင့်သုံးနေဆဲ ဖြစ်ကြပါသည်။ ဆန့်ကျင်ဖက်အားဖြင့် ပြင်သစ်ကိုလိုနီ ဖြစ်ခဲ့သော နိုင်ငံအများစုမှာ လက်ယာကပ်မောင်းစနစ်ကို ကျင့်သုံးခဲ့/ကျင့်သုံးနေဆဲ ဖြစ်ကြပါသည်။
ဥရောပတိုက်တွင် ယူကေ၊ အိုင်ယာလန်၊ ဆိုက်ပရပ်စ်နှင့် မော်လ်တာ (၄)နိုင်ငံမှလွဲ၍ ကျန်နိုင်ငံအားလုံး လက်ယာကပ်မောင်းစနစ် ကျင့်သုံးကြပါသည်။ အာဖရိကတိုက်တွင် လက်ယာကပ်မောင်းစနစ် ကျင့်သုံးသော နိုင်ငံနှင့်ဒေသ ၄၁ ခုရှိပြီး လက်ဝဲကပ်မောင်းစနစ် ကျင့်သုံးသော နိုင်ငံနှင့်ဒေသ ၁၄ ခုရှိပါသည်။
မြောက်အမေရိကတိုက်တွင် လက်ယာကပ်မောင်းစနစ် ကျင့်သုံးသော နိုင်ငံနှင့်ဒေသ ၁၃ ခုရှိပြီး လက်ဝဲကပ်မောင်းစနစ် ကျင့်သုံးသော နိုင်ငံနှင့်ဒေသ ၁၁ ခုရှိပါသည်။ တောင်အမေရိကတိုက်တွင် ဂိုင်ယာနာ၊ ဆူရီနမ်၊ ဖောက်ကလန် ကျွန်းစုတို့မှလွဲ၍ ကျန်နိုင်ငံအားလုံး လက်ယာကပ်မောင်းစနစ် ကျင့်သုံးကြပါသည်။
အာရှတိုက်တွင် လက်ယာကပ်မောင်းစနစ် ကျင့်သုံးသော နိုင်ငံနှင့်ဒေသ ၃၄ ခုရှိပြီး လက်ဝဲကပ်မောင်းစနစ် ကျင့်သုံးသော နိုင်ငံနှင့်ဒေသ ၁၆ ခုရှိပါသည်။ တရုတ်ပြည်မကြီးတွင် လက်ယာကပ်မောင်းစနစ် ကျင့်သုံးပြီး ဟောင်ကောင်နှင့်မကာအို အထူးဒေသတို့မှာ လက်ဝဲကပ်မောင်းစနစ် ကျင့်သုံးပါသည်။ သမုဒ္ဒရာပိုင်း နိုင်ငံများအနေဖြင့် ဩစတြေလျ၊ နယူးဇီလန် အပါအဝင် နိုင်ငံအများစုမှာ လက်ဝဲကပ်မောင်းစနစ် ကျင့်သုံးကြပြီး Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Vanuatu ဒေသများမှာ လက်ယာကပ်မောင်းစနစ် ကျင့်သုံးကြပါသည်။
ကမ္ဘာ့ကုလသမဂ္ဂ စာရင်းဝင်နိုင်ငံအနေဖြင့် ရေတွက်ပါက ၁၉၅ နိုင်ငံ ရှိသည့်အနက် လက်ယာကပ်မောင်းစနစ် ကျင့်သုံးသော နိုင်ငံ ၁၄၁ ခုရှိပြီး လက်ဝဲကပ်မောင်းစနစ် ကျင့်သုံးသော နိုင်ငံ ၅၄ ခုရှိပါသည်။
Country | Road traffic | Date of switch |
Notes, exceptions | |
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Afghanistan | RHT |
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Kabul adopted RHT 1955.[citation needed] | |
Albania | RHT[103] |
|
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Algeria | RHT[104] |
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French Algeria until 1962. | |
Andorra | RHT[105] |
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Landlocked between France and Spain. | |
Angola | RHT[106] | 1928 | Portuguese colony until 1975. | |
Antigua and Barbuda | LHT[107] |
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These Caribbean islands were a British colony until 1958. | |
Argentina | RHT | 10 June 1945 | The anniversary on 10 June is still observed each year as Día de la Seguridad Vial (road safety day).[108] | |
Armenia | RHT[109] |
|
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Australia | LHT |
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British colonies before 1901. Includes Australian external territories. | |
Austria | RHT | 1921–38 | Originally LHT, like most of Austria-Hungary, but switched sides after the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany. | |
Azerbaijan | RHT |
|
| |
Bahamas | LHT[73] |
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British colony before 1973. Caribbean island. Most passenger vehicles are LHD due to them being imported from the United States.[45] | |
Bahrain | RHT | November 1967 | Former British protectorate. Switched to the same side as its neighbours.[110] An island nation, linked by road to the Arabian mainland since 1986. | |
Bangladesh | LHT |
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Part of Pakistan before 1971, which was part of British India before 1947. | |
Barbados | LHT |
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This Atlantic island state was a British colony before 1966. | |
Belarus | RHT[111] |
|
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Belgium | RHT | 1899[112] |
| |
Belize | RHT | 1961[1] | British colony before 1981. Switched to same side as neighbours. | |
Benin | RHT |
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Part of French West Africa before 1960. | |
Bhutan | LHT |
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Under British protection before 1949. | |
Bolivia | RHT |
|
| |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | RHT | 1918 | Switched sides after the collapse of Austria-Hungary. | |
Botswana | LHT |
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British colony before 1966. | |
Brazil | RHT | 1928 | Portuguese colony before 1822. | |
Brunei | LHT |
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British protection until 1984. | |
Bulgaria | RHT |
|
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Burkina Faso | RHT |
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Part of French West Africa before 1958. | |
Burundi | RHT |
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Belgian colony before 1962. Considering switching to LHT.[74] | |
Cambodia | RHT |
|
French protectorate before 1953. | |
Cameroon | RHT | 1961 |
| |
Canada | Alberta | RHT |
|
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British Columbia | 1920–1922 | Interior changed 15 July 1920, Vancouver and the coastal area 1 January 1922 | ||
Manitoba |
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New Brunswick | 1 December 1922 |
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Newfoundland and Labrador | 2 January 1947 | Was a British Dominion until 1949. | ||
Northwest Territories |
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Nova Scotia | 15 April 1923 |
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Nunavut |
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Ontario |
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Prince Edward Island | 1 May 1924 |
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Quebec |
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Saskatchewan |
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Yukon |
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Cape Verde | RHT | 1928 | Portuguese colony before 1975. | |
Central African Republic | RHT |
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French colonies before 1960. | |
Chad | RHT |
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Chile | RHT | 1920s |
| |
China | Mainland | RHT | 1946 |
|
Hong Kong | LHT |
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Hong Kong was a British colony from 1841 to 1941 and from 1945 to 1997, when the dependent territory was transferred to China. | |
Macau | LHT |
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Macau was under Portuguese rule until 1999, when the dependent territory was transferred to China. | |
Colombia | RHT |
|
| |
Comoros | RHT |
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French colony before 1975. | |
Congo | RHT |
|
French colony before 1960. | |
DR Congo | RHT |
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Belgian colony before 1960. RHD vehicles are common, especially in the southeast. | |
Costa Rica | RHT |
|
| |
Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) |
RHT |
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Part of French West Africa before 1960. | |
Croatia | RHT | 1926 | Was then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. | |
Cuba | RHT |
|
| |
Cyprus | LHT |
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Under UK administration before 1960. Island nation. De facto divided between the Republic of Cyprus, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the UN buffer zone and the British base areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. All are LHT. | |
Czech Republic | RHT | 1939 | Switched during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. | |
Denmark | RHT |
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Includes the Faroe Islands and Greenland. | |
Djibouti | RHT |
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French colony before 1977. | |
Dominica | LHT |
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British colony before 1978. Caribbean island. | |
Dominican Republic | RHT |
|
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East Timor | LHT | 19 July 1976 | Portuguese colony until 1975. Switched to RHT with Portugal in 1928; under the Indonesian annexation, it was switched back to LHT in 1976. Its LHT status remains to this day. | |
Ecuador | RHT |
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Egypt | RHT |
|
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El Salvador | RHT |
|
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Equatorial Guinea | RHT |
|
Spanish colony before 1968. | |
Eritrea | RHT | 8 June 1964 | Italian colony before 1942. | |
Estonia | RHT |
|
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Eswatini | LHT |
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British protectorate until 1968. Continues to drive on the same side as neighbouring countries. | |
Ethiopia | RHT | 8 June 1964 |
| |
Fiji | LHT |
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The island nation was a British colony before 1970. | |
Finland | RHT | 8 June 1858 |
| |
France | RHT | 1792 | Includes French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna, French Guiana, Réunion, Saint Barthélemy, the Collectivity of Saint Martin, Guadeloupe, and Mayotte. | |
Gabon | RHT |
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French colony before 1960. | |
Gambia | RHT | 1 October 1965 | British colony until 1965. Switched to RHT on 1 October 1965 being surrounded by the former French colony of Senegal.[113] | |
Georgia | RHT |
|
About 40% of vehicles in Georgia are RHD due to the low cost of used cars imported from Japan.[citation needed] | |
Germany | RHT[114] |
|
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Ghana | RHT | 4 August 1974 | British colony until 1957. Ghana switched to RHT in 1974,[115][116] a Twi language slogan was "Nifa, Nifa Enan" or "Right, Right, Fourth".[117] Ghana has also banned RHD vehicles - it prohibited new registrations of RHD vehicles after 1 August 1974, three days before the traffic change. | |
Greece | RHT | 1926 | Originally LHT (albeit unofficially) since independence. The establishment of the traffic code switched traffic officially to RHT traffic in 1926. | |
Grenada | LHT |
|
British colony before 1974. Caribbean island. | |
Guatemala | RHT |
|
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Guinea | RHT |
|
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Guinea-Bissau | RHT | 1928 | Portuguese colony until 1974. Drives on the same side as its neighbours. | |
Guyana | LHT |
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British colony until 1966. One of the only two countries in continental America which are in LHT, the other being Suriname. | |
Haiti | RHT |
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French colony until 1804. | |
Honduras | RHT |
|
| |
Hungary | RHT | 1941 | Originally LHT, like most of Austria-Hungary, but switched sides during the Second World War. | |
Iceland | RHT | 26 May 1968 | This Atlantic island nation changed to RHT on H-dagurinn. Most passenger cars were already LHD. | |
India | LHT |
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Part of British India before 1947. | |
Indonesia | LHT[118] |
|
Roads and railways were built by the Dutch, with LHT for roads to conform to British and Japanese standards and RHT for railways to conform with Dutch standards. Urban railways also use RHT. Did not change sides, unlike the Netherlands, in 1906. | |
Iran | RHT |
|
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Iraq | RHT |
|
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Ireland | LHT |
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Part of the United Kingdom before 1922. An island nation with a land border with the United Kingdom, which is also LHT. | |
Israel | RHT |
|
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Italy | RHT | 1924–26 |
| |
Jamaica | LHT |
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British colony before 1962. Caribbean island. Most passenger vehicles are RHD, tractor-trailers and other heavy-duty trucks are mostly LHD due to being imported from the United States.[119][120] | |
Japan | LHT[121] |
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LHT enacted in law in 1924. One of the few non-British-colony countries to use LHT. Okinawa was RHT from 24 June 1945 to 30 July 1978. | |
Jordan | RHT |
|
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Kazakhstan | RHT |
|
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Kenya | LHT[122] |
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Part of the British East Africa Protectorate before 1963. | |
Kiribati | LHT |
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This Pacific island nation was a British colony before 1979. | |
Kosovo | RHT |
|
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Kuwait | RHT |
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British Protectorate until 1961. | |
Kyrgyzstan | RHT |
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In 2012, over 20,000 cheap used RHD cars were imported from Japan.[123] | |
Laos | RHT |
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French protectorate until 1953. The Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge is LHT in connection to Thailand. | |
Latvia | RHT |
|
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Lebanon | RHT |
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French Mandate of Lebanon before 1946. | |
Lesotho | LHT |
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British protectorate from 1885 to 1966. Enclave of LHT South Africa. | |
Liberia | RHT |
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Was under American control. | |
Libya | RHT |
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Italian Libya colony from 1911 to 1947. | |
Liechtenstein | RHT |
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Landlocked between Switzerland and Austria. | |
Lithuania | RHT |
|
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Luxembourg | RHT |
|
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Madagascar | RHT |
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This island nation was a French colony until 1958. | |
Malawi | LHT |
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British colony before 1964. | |
Malaysia | LHT |
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British colony before 1957. | |
Maldives | LHT |
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This island nation was a British colony before 1965. | |
Mali | RHT |
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Part of French West Africa before 1960. | |
Malta | LHT |
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British colony before 1964. Island nation. | |
Marshall Islands | RHT |
|
Was under American control. | |
Mauritania | RHT |
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Part of French West Africa before 1960. Mining roads between Fderîck and Zouérat are LHT.[124] | |
Mauritius | LHT |
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This island nation was a British colony before 1968. | |
Mexico | RHT |
|
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Micronesia | RHT |
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Was under American control. | |
Moldova | RHT |
|
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Monaco | RHT |
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Was under French control. | |
Mongolia | RHT |
|
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Montenegro | RHT |
|
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Morocco | RHT |
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Under French and Spanish protection until 1956. | |
Mozambique | LHT |
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Portuguese colony until 1975. Drives on the same side as its neighbours. | |
Myanmar | RHT | 6 December 1970[125] | British colony until 1948. Switched to RHT under the orders of Ne Win. Theories emerge on the reasoning behind this switch; one claimed that he met an astrologer that recommended him to switch the country's traffic to the right in order to make the nation prosper, while another claimed that international visits caused him to notice that most countries are RHT and so decided to convert the country's handedness of traffic in order to connect Myanmar's roads with other countries' roads in the future. | |
Namibia | LHT | 1920 | When South Africa occupied German South West Africa in the First World War, it switched to LHT. South West Africa was administered by South Africa 1920–1990. | |
Nauru | LHT | 1918 | This island nation was administered by Australia until 1968. | |
Nepal | LHT |
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Shares open land border with LHT India. | |
Netherlands | RHT | 1 January 1906[126] | Includes Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten. | |
New Zealand | LHT[127] |
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These Pacific islands, including territories Niue and Cook Islands, were former British colonies. | |
Nicaragua | RHT |
|
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Niger | RHT |
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Part of French West Africa before 1958. | |
Nigeria | RHT | 2 April 1972 | British colony until 1960. Under the military government, it switched to RHT due to being surrounded by RHT former French colonies. | |
North Korea | RHT | 1946 | Was LHT during the period of Japanese rule. Switched to RHT after the Surrender of Japan. | |
North Macedonia | RHT |
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Norway | RHT |
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Oman | RHT[128] |
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Pakistan | LHT |
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Part of British India before 1947. | |
Palau | RHT |
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Most passenger vehicles are RHD due to them being imported from Australia and Japan.[citation needed] Palau was under American control. | |
Palestine | RHT |
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Panama | RHT | 1943 |
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Papua New Guinea | LHT |
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After Australia occupied German New Guinea during World War I, it switched to LHT. | |
Paraguay | RHT | 1945 |
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Peru | RHT |
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Philippines | RHT | 1946 | Was LHT during the Spanish and American colonial periods. Switched to RHT after the Battle of Manila in 1945.[59] RHD vehicles such as imported buses were still used up until the late 1980s.[129] Philippine National Railways switched to RHT in 2010. Nowadays RHD vehicles are illegal to register and operate for ordinary use under Republic Act 8506 of 1998 however RHD vintage vehicles made before 1960 in "showroom" condition or off-road specialized vehicles are allowed to be used only for motorsports events.[60] | |
Poland | RHT |
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South-eastern Poland (former Austrian Partition) was LHT until the 1920s.[19] | |
Portugal | RHT[118] | 1928 | Colonies Goa, Macau and Mozambique, which had land borders with LHT countries, did not switch and continue to drive on the left.[130] The Porto Metro uses RHT. | |
Qatar | RHT |
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Former British protectorate. Switched to same side as neighbours. | |
Romania | RHT | 1919 | Regions of Romania (Transylvania, Bukovina, parts of the Banat, Crișana and Maramureș) that were part of Austria-Hungary were LHT until 1919. | |
Russia | RHT |
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In the Russian Far East, RHD vehicles are common due to the import of used cars from nearby Japan.[131] The railway between Moscow and Ryazan, the Sormovskaya line in Nizhny Novgorod Metro and the Moskva River cable car use LHT. | |
Rwanda | RHT[74] |
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Belgian colony before 1962. Considering switching to LHT.[74] | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | LHT |
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This Caribbean island nation was a British colony before 1983. | |
Saint Lucia | LHT |
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This Caribbean island nation was a British colony before 1979. | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | LHT |
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Samoa | LHT | 7 September 2009 | Despite New Zealand occupying German Samoa during the first World War, the country did not switch to LHT until 2009; this was for economic reasons, to allow cheaper importation of cars from Australia, New Zealand and Japan.[132] | |
San Marino | RHT |
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Enclaved state surrounded by Italy. | |
São Tomé and Príncipe | RHT | 1928 | Portuguese colony until 1975. | |
Saudi Arabia | RHT | 1942 |
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Senegal | RHT |
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Part of French West Africa before 1960. | |
Serbia | RHT | 1926 | (As part of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes). Vojvodina was LHT while part of Austria-Hungary. | |
Seychelles | LHT |
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This island nation was a British colony until 1976. | |
Sierra Leone | RHT | 1 March 1971[133] | British colony until 1961. Switched to RHT being surrounded by neighbouring former French colonies. Furthermore, it banned the importation of RHD vehicles in 2013.[134] | |
Singapore | LHT |
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This island nation was a British colony until 1963. It was also part of Malaysia until 1965. | |
Slovakia | RHT | 1939–41 | Switched during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. | |
Slovenia | RHT | 1926 | (As part of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.) Officially LHT from 1915 as part of Austria-Hungary. | |
Solomon Islands | LHT |
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This island nation was a British protectorate before 1975. | |
Somalia | RHT |
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The former British Somaliland had LHT until it formed a union with the former Italian Somaliland which had RHT. | |
South Africa | LHT[135][136] |
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British colony before 1910. | |
South Korea | RHT | 1946 | Was LHT during the period of Japanese rule. Switched to RHT after the Surrender of Japan. | |
South Sudan | RHT | 1973 | Part of Sudan until 2011. | |
Spain | RHT | 1924 | Up to the 1920s Barcelona was RHT, and Madrid was LHT until 1924. The Madrid Metro still uses LHT. | |
Sri Lanka | LHT |
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Part of British Ceylon from 1815 to 1948. | |
Sudan | RHT | 1973 | Formerly Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, it switched sides 17 years later to match neighbours. | |
Suriname | LHT | 1920s | Dutch colony until 1975. One of the only two countries in continental America which are in LHT, the other being Guyana. Did not switch sides, unlike the Netherlands itself. | |
Sweden | RHT | 3 September 1967 | The day of the switch was known as Dagen H. Most passenger vehicles were already LHD. | |
Switzerland | RHT |
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Syria | RHT |
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Was under French control. | |
Taiwan | RHT | 1946 | Was LHT during the period of Japanese rule. The government of the Republic of China changed Taiwan to RHT in 1946 along with the rest of China.[137] | |
Tajikistan | RHT |
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Tanzania | LHT |
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Was British colony until 1961. | |
Thailand | LHT[118] |
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One of the few non-British-colony LHT countries. Shares a long land border with RHT Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. | |
Togo | RHT |
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Part of French West Africa until 1960. | |
Tonga | LHT |
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British protectorate before 1970. Polynesian island nation. | |
Trinidad and Tobago | LHT[138] |
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British colony before 1962. Caribbean island. | |
Tunisia | RHT |
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RHT was enforced in the French protectorate of Tunisia from 1881 to 1956. | |
Turkey | RHT |
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Except Metrobus, which is usually LHT. | |
Turkmenistan | RHT |
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Tuvalu | LHT |
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Formerly a British colony. Became independent in 1978. | |
Uganda | LHT |
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Part of British Uganda Protectorate from 1894 until 1962. | |
Ukraine | RHT | 1922[19] | Western parts of the country had LHT under Austro-Hungarian Empire | |
United Arab Emirates | RHT | 1 September 1966[139] | Former British protectorate. | |
United Kingdom and territories | United Kingdom proper[a] | LHT |
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An island nation with a land border with the Republic of Ireland, which is also LHT. Also LHT are the British Overseas Territories of Anguilla, Ascension Island, Bermuda, Montserrat, Saint Helena, and Tristan da Cunha. |
British Indian Ocean Territory | RHT |
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The largest island, Diego Garcia, was leased to the US Navy as a military base; the United States is RHT. | |
British Virgin Islands | LHT |
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Most passenger vehicles are LHD due to imports from the United States, which is RHT.[48] | |
Cayman Islands | LHT |
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Most passenger vehicles are LHD due to imports from the United States, which has RHT.[46] | |
Falkland Islands | LHT |
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Briefly switched to RHT during the Falklands War. | |
Gibraltar | RHT | 1929 | Gibraltar is RHT because of its land border with Spain.[140] | |
Guernsey | LHT |
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Was RHT from 1940 to 1945 due to the German occupation.[141] | |
Isle of Man | LHT |
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Jersey | LHT |
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Was RHT from 1940 to 1945 due to the German occupation.[141] | |
Pitcairn Islands | LHT |
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There is no official vehicle registration system. | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | LHT |
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Most passenger vehicles are LHD due to imports from the United States, which has RHT.[47] | |
United States | Contiguous U.S. | RHT |
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Alaska | RHT |
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Hawaii | RHT |
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U.S. Virgin Islands | LHT |
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U.S. Virgin Islands, like much of the Caribbean, is LHT and is the only American jurisdiction that still has LHT, because the islands drove on the left when the US purchased the former Danish West Indies in the 1917 Treaty of the Danish West Indies. Most passenger vehicles are LHD due to them being imported from the American mainland.[48] | |
Northern Mariana Islands | RHT |
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Guam | RHT |
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Puerto Rico | RHT |
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American Samoa | RHT |
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Uruguay | RHT | 9 September 1945 | Became LHT in 1918, but as in some other countries in South America, changed to RHT in 1945.[142] A speed limit of 30 km/h (19 mph) was observed until 30 September for safety. | |
Uzbekistan | RHT |
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Vanuatu | RHT[143] |
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Co-administered under France and the United Kingdom until 1980. | |
Vatican City | RHT |
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Enclave of Rome. | |
Venezuela | RHT |
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Vietnam | RHT |
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French colony until 1954. The Long Bien Bridge uses LHT. | |
Western Sahara | RHT |
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Spanish colony until 1976. | |
Yemen | RHT | 1977[1] | South Yemen, formerly the British colony of Aden, changed to RHT in 1977. A series of postage stamps commemorating the event was issued.[144] At that time, North Yemen was already RHT. | |
Zambia | LHT |
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British colony before 1964. | |
Zimbabwe | LHT |
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British colony before 1965 (de facto) or 1980 (de jure). |
RHT | = Right Hand Traffic |
LHT | = Left Hand Traffic |
** Modified from source : Left- and right-hand traffic **
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