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Originally Posted by Mindy
Nope, we most definitely drive on the correct side [...] it's everyone else that's wrong really.
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Not quite everyone else. As well as the UK, all these countries also drive on the correct side of the road:
Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bophuthatswana, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Ciskei, Cyprus, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Lesotho, Macau, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Montserrat, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Seychelles, Sikkim, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Helena, St. Lucia, Surinam, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Uganda, US Virgin Islands, Venda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Wikipedia has a pretty map:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3A...t_or_right.svg
Of the approximately 6 billion people in the world, about 4 billion (poor fellows) live in countries that follow Napoleon and drive on the wrong side of the road. About 2 billion (fortunate souls) live in countries that follow the British and drive on the left
And the tide has started to turn... on 7 September 2009 Samoa (population 189,000) became the first country ever to change from right- to left-hand driving. Three cheers for Samoa!