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Left- and right-hand traffic

Left-hand traffic (LHT) and right-hand traffic (RHT) are the practices, in bidirectional traffic, of keeping to the left side or to the right side of the road, respectively. They are fundamental to traffic flow, and are sometimes called a "rule of the road". The terms right- and left-hand "drive" refer to the position of the driver and the steering wheel…

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Left- and right-hand traffic

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rht lht traffic side road right left vehicles countries switched drive british rhd left-hand country one use right-hand part lhd

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Indonesiainstance ofothers0.80text
Japaninstance ofothers0.80text
Nepalinstance ofothers0.80text
Bhutaninstance ofothers0.80text
Macauinstance ofothers0.80text
Thailandinstance ofothers0.80text
and Mozambique were notinstance ofothers0.80text
changes in political administrationinstance ofAll of the countries that were part of the French Colonial Empire adopted RHT.Historical switches of traffic handedness have often been motivated by factors0.80text
a desire for uniformity within a country or with neighboring statesinstance ofAll of the countries that were part of the French Colonial Empire adopted RHT.Historical switches of traffic handedness have often been motivated by factors0.80text
or availabilityinstance ofAll of the countries that were part of the French Colonial Empire adopted RHT.Historical switches of traffic handedness have often been motivated by factors0.80text
affordability of vehicles.In LHTinstance ofAll of the countries that were part of the French Colonial Empire adopted RHT.Historical switches of traffic handedness have often been motivated by factors0.80text
traffic keeps leftinstance ofAll of the countries that were part of the French Colonial Empire adopted RHT.Historical switches of traffic handedness have often been motivated by factors0.80text

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