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Most of the countries of the world drive on the right-hand side of the road. According to estimates, currently 163 nations and territories are driving on the right-hand side, while 76 countries and territories are using left hand traffic. In fact, only nations which were once under the British rule drive on the left side.<\/p>\n

There are no concrete reasons as to why there is a difference in the driving patterns across the countries. It began during the days of the Roman Empire when the soldiers rode on the left side.\u00a0 They kept their swords on the left side and drew it out from the right hand, conveniently attacking the enemy coming from the opposite direction. The trend prevailed during the late 17th<\/sup> century when huge horse wagons dominated the roads of US. It helped drivers to lash the horses with the right hand while they balanced other things with the left hand.<\/p>\n

However, the trend to follow right-hand drive was followed by the French people, primarily because of their opposition to the British. They did not want to do anything like the British. With the coming of Napoleon to power, who was left-handed, the same system continued in all the territories he conquered. This was not the case with England as it was never conquered by Napoleon and thus they continued following the classic left-hand driving.
\nWith the expansion of the British Empire, all the countries colonized or ruled by the Brits conformed to the left-hand driving rule of the British. The nations of the Indian sub-continent, which include; India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Maldives drive on the left-hand side. Meanwhile, there are just four nations in Europe that drive on the left-hand side, these are; Malta, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Cyprus. Other nations that drive on the left side are; Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Grenada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Singapore, Tanzania, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa, and some others.<\/p>\n

Europe primarily drives on the right hand. Some prominent European countries using RHT are; Austria, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Belgium, Germany, and many other nations. The North American nations of Canada, the United States, and Mexico drive on the right-hand side.<\/p>\n

Many Asian countries also drive on the right such as China, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos, Mongolia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and others. African countries that fall in this category are Tunisia, Togo, Sudan, Senegal, Niger, Mali, and Madagascar, to name a few.<\/p>\n

A tabular form to depict the countries that drive on the left or right side would simplify it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u00a0Barbados<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0East Timor<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Fiji<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Namibia<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Saint Kitts and Nevis<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Saint Lucia<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Saint Vincent and the Grenadines<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Samoa<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0United Kingdom<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Zimbabwe<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Antigua and Barbuda<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Bahamas<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Bangladesh<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Bhutan<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Botswana<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Brunei<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Cyprus<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Dominica<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Grenada<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Guyana<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0India<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Ireland<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Jamaica<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Kiribati<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Lesotho<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Malawi<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Malaysia<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Maldives<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Malta<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Mauritius<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Nauru<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Pakistan<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Papua New Guinea<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Seychelles<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Singapore<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Solomon Islands<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Sri Lanka<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Suriname<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Swaziland<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Tanzania<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Tonga<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Tuvalu<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Uganda<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Zambia<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Australia<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Indonesia<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0New Zealand<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Thailand<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Japan<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Kenya<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Mozambique<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Nepal<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0South Africa<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Trinidad and Tobago<\/td>\nLHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Afghanistan<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Argentina<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Austria<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Bahrain<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Belize<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Brazil<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Burundi<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Cambodia<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Canada<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Denmark<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Finland<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0France<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Ghana<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Iceland<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Italy<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0North Korea and \u00a0South Korea<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Kyrgyzstan<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Mauritania<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Myanmar<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Netherlands<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Nigeria<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Oman<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Panama<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Paraguay<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Philippines<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Poland<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Sierra Leone<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Somalia<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0South Sudan<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Spain<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Taiwan<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Ukraine<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0United States<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Yemen<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Gambia<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Micronesia<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0China<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Vanuatu<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Albania<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Algeria<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Andorra<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Angola<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Armenia<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Azerbaijan<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Belgium<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Belarus<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Benin<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Bolivia<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Bulgaria<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Burkina Faso<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Cameroon<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Cape Verde<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Central African Republic<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Chad<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Chile<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Colombia<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Comoros<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Congo<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Democratic Republic of Congo<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Costa Rica<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Croatia<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Cuba<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Czech Republic<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Djibouti<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Dominican Republic<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Ecuador<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Egypt<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0El Salvador<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Equatorial Guinea<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Eritrea<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Estonia<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Ethiopia<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Gabon<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Georgia<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Greece<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Guatemala<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Guinea<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Guinea-Bissau<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Haiti<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Honduras<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Hungary<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Iran<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Iraq<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Israel<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Jordan<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Kazakhstan<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Kuwait<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Laos<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Latvia<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Lebanon<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Liberia<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Libya<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Liechtenstein<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Lithuania<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Luxembourg<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Macedonia<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Madagascar<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Mali<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Marshall Islands<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Mexico<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Moldova<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Monaco<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Mongolia<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Montenegro<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Morocco<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Nicaragua<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Niger<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Norway<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Palau<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Palestine<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Peru<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Qatar<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Romania<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Russia<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0San Marino<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Saudi Arabia<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Senegal<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Serbia<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Slovakia<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Slovenia<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Sudan<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Sweden<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0\u00a0Switzerland<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Syria<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Tajikistan<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Togo<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Tunisia<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Turkey<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Turkmenistan<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0United Arab Emirates<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Uzbekistan<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Venezuela<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Vietnam<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Portugal<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Rwanda<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Germany<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Uruguay<\/td>\nRHT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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