Talk:Left- and right-hand traffic

Prince Edward-Island and the British colony of Newfoundland

«Prince Edward-Island and the British colony of Newfoundland (part of Canada since 1949)[18] in 1947, in order to allow traffic (without side switch) to or from the United States.[19]»

This make no sense these two provinces (colony) share no border with the US. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.143.210.7 (talk) 15:57, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Brazil and right-hand vehicles

Brazil, as a right-hand traffic country, does not allow registration of RHD vehicles as a rule. But it has one exception: if a RHD vehicle over 30 years is imported, its registration will be allowed under the collection category, as it will happen if the vehicle is LHD, as Brazil allows registration of imported cars only if new or over 30 years.

Resolution Contran (National Traffic Council) number, 528/2015, in Portuguese: https://www.gov.br/transportes/pt-br/assuntos/transito/conteudo-contran/resolucoes/resolucao5282015.pdf

Fasouzafreitas (talk) 18:22, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Ban on Right Hand Drive vehicles in Turkey

https://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/mevzuat?MevzuatNo=8182&MevzuatTur=7&MevzuatTertip=5

Traffic Regulations, Main section 4, Subsection 1, Article 30, Paragaraph "J" states that; Vehicles with RHD may not be registered for traffic. Except vehicles that are "temporarily imported" (eg. diplomatic), or special use vehicles.

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Please someone update the list. 92.192.190.201 (talk) 12:03, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

Switch to right-hand traffic in Pakistan

It has been some proposal that Pakistan, formerly part of British India, should end British-style left-hand traffic and switch to right-hand traffic. Is it really possible for a populous country like Pakistan to switch from left-hand to right-hand traffic?

The reasons for the proposal to switch to right-hand traffic in Pakistan are that cars built for left-hand traffic, with the driver's seat to the right, which are imported to Pakistan mainly from Japan, have become more expensive to import, in comparison to much cheaper China-made cars, which mainly have the driver's seat to the left, and thus are built for right-hand traffic. To allow import of cheaper China-made cars (which mainly have the driver's seat to the left), rather than expensive cars from Japan (with the driver's seat to the right), it is necessary for Pakistan to end driving on the left and switch to right-hand traffic. 212.100.101.104 (talk) 19:26, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

_Which_ LHT country uses "RHD vehicles imported from Japan"??

This sentence is in the first paragraph under Asia. "Most cars are used RHD vehicles imported from Japan." There's no way to tell which country or countries this is referring to. WikiAlto (talk) 09:48, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

I'm sure the sentence "Most cars are used RHD vehicles imported from Japan." is referring to the countries India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar (formerly British India), as the sentence is written directly after the sentence about British India. Something strange is that despite RHD vehicles in Myanmar, the militar junta ruled in 1970 that Myanmar shall use right-hand traffic. I wonder if it will be possible to switch back to left-hand traffic in Myanmar, where right-hand drive cars are dominating, once the Myanmar civil war has reached an end, if it ever will end. Or, if Myanmar shall keep right-hand traffic, the country would have to abolish all vehicles with the driver's seat on the right side (in the driving direction) and import only left-hand drive cars, which may be imported from China. It has been suggested that Pakistan should switch to right-hand traffic, in order to allow import of Chinese cars, which are mostly left-hand drive, and which are cheaper than right-hand drive cars (built for left-hand traffic) which are imported mainly from Japan. 212.100.101.104 (talk) 22:20, 19 March 2024 (UTC)