> > I read somewhere that if you look at a map, you'll find that all of the countries that still practice driving on the left-hand side of the road are island nations. The reason they haven't had to switch is because they have no borders with right-side driving countries.
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> This may well be so. Australia and Japan drive on the left and they're islands. Don't know whether New Zealand or Iceland are left-siders. I think Sweden were until 1967 when they had a mass switchover day. Everyone stopped, they changed the signs and markings and then everyone continued on the right.
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> > Gri"loves watching those left-siding Brits on PBS"shny
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> Bea 'What's PBS?' sty

A minor correction:
Australia is a continent. However, it looks like a whopper island on a map, which is probably why it's sometimes called the island continent. Which side do they drive on in Rhode Island?
Howard