Why do some countries drive on the left hand side, while others drive on the right hand side?

Answer 1

In the early years of English colonisation of North America, English driving customs were followed and the colonies drove on the left. After gaining independence from England, however, they were anxious to cast off all remaining links with their British colonial past and gradually changed to right-hand driving. (Incidentally, the influence of other European countries’ nationals should not be underestimated.) The first law requiring drivers to keep right was passed in Pennsylvania in 1792, and similar laws were passed in New York in 1804 and New Jersey in 1813.

Despite the developments in the US, some parts of Canada continued to drive on the left until shortly after the Second World War. The territory controlled by the French (from Quebec to Louisiana) drove on the right, but the territory occupied by the English (British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland) kept left. British Columbia and the Atlantic provinces switched to the right in the 1920s in order to conform with the rest of Canada and the USA. Newfoundland drove on the left until 1947, and joined Canada in 1949.

Answer 2

Originally, persons on foot leading animals stood on the left, so that they can use their right hand to hold the rope, and persons sitting on a wheeled convenience (buggy, carriage, etc.) and whipping the animals sat on the right, so that whip, when held in the right hand, did not strike the other passengers. To be able to see oncoming traffic, one would direct the animals to whichever side of the road positioned the person in control near the center of the road. Therefore, in countries where the norm was to lead animals with a rope while walking on foot, the animals were on the right, and in countries where the animals pulled something on which the human rode, the animals were on the left. To prevent head-on collisions between cars and animals, cars had to be driven on the same side as animals. Even though there are now few animals in the roads, cars are still driven on the side where the animals used to be, because it would be too expensive to change all the signs, steering wheels, etc., over to the other side, and it would take too long to relearn how to drive.

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Answer 4

Because taking one's half of the road from down the middle will make it hard for oncoming traffic.

Answer 5

Duh...why do you think? That's the way the government of the country wanted it.