• @[email protected]
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    Countries which use left hand drive drive on the left side of the road account for only a sixth of the world’s land area, but a full third of the population.

    I suppose that’s because left hand drive driving on the left has some very dense populations, like Japan, UK and India

    Edit: terminology mistake

    • @ohwhatfollyisman
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      1221 hours ago

      india has right-hand drive vehicles. the steering wheel is provided at the right-front seat.

      we drive on the left side of the road.

          • Beacon
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            320 hours ago

            That doesn’t explain why they have the cars meant for side A, but use them to drive on side B.

            • Aatube
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              120 hours ago

              cars that drive on the right have their steering wheel on the left side (i.e. left-hand drive), and vice versa.

              • Beacon
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                119 hours ago

                OP said (and stressed with italics) that they have right hand drive cars but drive them on the opposite side, which was the point of his comment

                • @[email protected]
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                  19 hours ago

                  I think you’re getting confused by the terminology; this is an explanation from the Wikipedia article.

                  The terms right- and left-hand drive refer to the position of the driver and the steering wheel in the vehicle and are, in automobiles, the reverse of the terms right- and left-hand traffic.

                  ETA: So the red areas have left-hand drive and right-hand traffic, while the blue areas have right-hand drive and left-hand traffic.

      • @[email protected]
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        119 hours ago

        Right front

        Right? From the view of someone on the inside? That would be normal for a left side drive nation…