In China Do They

[+Steve]

drive on the left or right?

[dave5282]

I think in most areas they just drive, ie left/right/middle werever there is space etc.

But I have an incling it should be the left like us!

[jaxx]

i thought it was the right

thought it was only japan, UK and Aus that drove on the left?

[dub_boy]

Countries that drive on the left:

Anguilla

Antigua & Barbuda

Australia

Bahamas

Bangladesh

Barbados

Bermuda

Bhutan

Botswana

British Virgin Islands

Brunei

Cayman Islands

Channel Islands

Cyprus

Dominica

Eire-Ireland

England

Falkland Islands

Fiji

Grenada

Guyana

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Isle of Man

Jamaica

Japan

Kenya

Lesotho

Macau

Malawi

Malaysia

Malta

Mauritius

Montserrat

Mozambique

Namibia

Nepal

New Zealand

Northern Ireland

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

Seychelles

Scotland

Singapore

Solomon Islands

South Africa

Sri Lanka

St Kitts & Nevis

St. Helena

St. Lucia

Surinam

Swaziland

Tanzania

Thailand

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Uganda

US Virgin Islands

Zambia

Zimbabwe

St. Vincent & Grenadines

Wales

[vmail]

that is not true, in some of those countries, they drive where ever thay want

[breezer]

Lol! I know they eat dogs

[Yarisboy]

Actually breezer, dogs are/were eaten over most parts of asia.

I think push bikes have more prominence in china over cars...

[jaxx]

well i was slightly wrong then!

[dub_boy]

Found this passage:

China changed to the right in 1946. Sweden switched from the left in 1967, after a two year preparation. The changeover was accompanied by an intensive road safety campaign and the number of road accidents dropped sharply after the change. Several British colonies, such as Ghana, have changed from left to right in recent years. This causes some problems with roundabouts, where the smoothing of corners to make a fast exit or entrance for traffic on the left side of the road makes an awkward turn for those on the right.

Pakistan also considered changing form the left to the right in the 1960's. The main argument against the shift was that camel trains often drove through the night while their drivers dozed. The difficulty in teaching old camels new tricks was decisive in forcing Pakistan to reject the change.

Britain itself considered changing in the 1960s, but dropped the idea. If Britain ever does change then it would make sense to make the switch at the same time as adopting that other products of the French Revolution - metrication. For if all the road signs have to be turned round to face the other way, it would be relatively cheap to change from imperial units, on speed limit signs for example, at the same time.

Can you imagine the difficulties with changing from driving on the left to right?

[Moffmo]

whats the point tho?

[Moffmo]

forget that - its just clicked in..if we had have switched we could import cars easier!

[Calisto]

Any one lived in Japan??? what is it like???

[TheNissanMan]

Lived a long time in Hong Kong (where i got my license :) ) defo drive on th rihgt hand side, as for cheaper imports forget it as the importation tax or registration tax out there is almost 80% for a new car so they are extremely expensive :)

[+Steve]

wasnt thinking of imports... i was thinking on more of the lines of driving there...

[Maz]

wasnt thinking of imports... i was thinking on more of the lines of driving there...

1 word Steve, DONT....i wouldnt even want to drive in China, cause people there dont know the word or meaning of the highway code, if there any overthere...and you have to fight your way with million of bike, people, motorbike.....etc etc...