i know that in japan the driver is on the right not on the left in a car,r there cars that r left sided ?

Question

r there cars that r driven from the left,not from the right and r they many in japan,r they the imported foriegn made cars or others?

Answer 1

There are many car conoisseurs in Japan who import LHD (left-hand drive) cars from Europe or the US. A few years ago you would see tollbooths designed for these cars (there would be an extra lane on the right side so an LHD car could pull up to the window). Nowadays, most people who can afford LHD cars also use electronic toll payment, so it isn't such a big deal any more...

Answer 2

The Japanese drive on the left, which is why their cars are right hand drive, the same as in Britain, and most British colonies (like Australia, India, much of southern Africa and New Zealand for instance). Canada is a notable exception, because it has one of the world's longest borders, so it'd be pretty mad to swap over for such a long border.

The 'natural' side to drive on is the left hand side, because most people are right handed. Therefore they would ride on the left hand side to be able to swing a sword at any potential bandits coming at them. Napoleon changed this simply to be contrary - making all the European countries he conquered drive on the right as well. Therefore many countries who have felt no imperialism (except for British imperialism) drive on the left - like Japan for instance. It was comparatively recently that many countries that weren't conquered by right hand drivers switched - Switzerland, parts of Russia, Sweden, Iceland and others changed to the right to fall in line with the majority.

The US switched/adopted driving on the right because they felt they had more in common with their French allies than their former British masters.

Between 1/4 and 1/3 of the world drives on the left - meaning manufacturing right hand drive cars makes sense, particularly considering Austalia, Japan and Britain are large customers.

Answer 3

There are imported cars in Japan, though not alot. Most cars, even Fords and other American cars are made for the Japanese market, therefore are right sided steering. Left sided steering causing problems when you have to pay at the toll booths (which are everywhere!!)

Answer 4

cars made for the japanese market will be r hand drive. Pricey cars like porsches that dont have to cater to that market would be l hand, or poss right if they were british market bentleys or such.

Answer 5

i don't think there a many l hand car in japan maybe none of it exist

Answer 6

Most of the commonweath countries are right hand drive. And most of the american ones are left hand drive.

Answer 7

Majority of the asian countries follow this, learned from British