Key:
Blue = Left Hand Traffic (LHT)
Red = Right Hand Traffic (RHT)
Historically:
Afghanistan: Switched to
RHT in 1955.
Angola: Switched to RHT in
1928.
Argentina: Switched to RHT
in 1945.
Austria: Switched to RHT
in 1938 (after Annexation by Nazi Germany.)
Bahrain: Switched to RHT
in 1967 (to conform to Neighboring Countries.)
Belgium: Switched to RHT
in 1899.
Belize: Switched to RHT in
1962 (to conform to Neighboring Countries.)
Bosnia and Hercegovina:
Switched to RHT in 1918 (after collapse of Austro-Hungary.)
Brazil: Switched to RHT in
1928.
Cameroon: Switched to RHT
in 1961.
Canada (Alberta, Manitoba, the
Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Yukon)
Always used RHT.
Canada (British Colombia):
Switched to RHT in 1920.
Canada (New Brunswick):
Switched to RHT in 1922.
Canada (Newfoundland and
Labrador): Switched to RHT in 1947.
Canada (Nova Scotia):
Switched to RHT in 1923.
Canada (Prince Edward Island):
Switched to RHT in 1924.
Cape Verde: Switched to
RHT in 1928.
Chile: Switched to RHT in
1920.
China: Switched to RHT in
1946.
Croatia: Switched to RHT
in 1928.
Czech Republic: Switched
to RHT in 1939 as Czechoslovakia during Nazi German Occupation.
East Timor: Switched to
RHT in 1928 (under Portuguese Rule) and switched to LHT in 1976 (under
Indonesian Occupation.)
Eritrea: Switched to RHT
in 1964 (under Ethiopian Rule.)
Ethiopia: Switched to RHT
in 1964.
Finland: Switched to RHT
in 1858 (during Russian Occupation.)
France: Switched to RHT in
1792.
Gambia: Switched to RHT in
1965 (to Conform to Neighboring Country.)
Ghana: Switched to RHT in
1974.
Greece: Switched to RHT in
1928.
Guinea-Bissau: Switched to
RHT in 1928 (under Portuguese Rule.)
Hungary: Switched to RHT
in 1941.
Iceland: Switched to RHT
in 1968.
Italy: Switched to RHT in
1926.
Japan (Okinawa): Used RHT
from 1945-1978 under American Rule and Switched to LHT in 1978.
Myanmar: Switched to RHT
in 1970.
Namibia: Switched to LHT
in 1920 (under South African Rule.)
Nauru: Switched to LHT in
1918 (under Australian Rule.)
The Netherlands: Switched
to RHT in 1906.
Nigeria: Switched to RHT
in 1972 (to conform with Neighboring Countries.)
North Korea: Switched to
RHT in 1945 (after Japanese Occupation.)
Panama: Switched to RHT in
1943.
Paraguay: Switched to RHT
in 1946.
The Philippines: Switched
to RHT in 1946 (after American Rule.)
Portugal: Switched to RHT
in 1928.
Romania: Switched to RHT
in 1919.
Samoa: Switched to LHT in
2009 (for cheaper cars from Australia, New Zealand and Japan.)
Sao Tome and Principe:
Switched to RHT in 1928 (under Portuguese Rule.)
Sierra Leone: Switched to
RHT in 1961 (to conform with neighboring Countries.)
Slovakia: Switched to RHT
in 1939 as Czechoslovakia during Nazi German Occupation.
Slovenia: Switched to RHT
in 1926.
South Korea: Switched to
RHT in 1946 after Japanese Occupation.
South Sudan: Switched to
RHT in 1973 (under Sudanese Rule.)
Spain: Switched to RHT in
1924.
Sudan: Switched to RHT in
1973.
Suriname: Switched to LHT
in 1920 under Dutch Rule.
Sweden: Switched to RHT in
1967 (to conform with Neighboring Countries.)
Taiwan: Switched to RHT in
1946 after Japanese Occupation.
United Arab Emirates:
Switched to RHT in 1966.
The United Kingdom
(Gibraltar): Switched to RHT in 1929 (to conform with Neighboring
Countries.)
The United States (US Virgin
Islands): Using LHT since it was a Danish Colony until 1917.
Uruguay: Switched to LHT
in 1918 and switched back to RHT in 1945.
Yemen: Switched to RHT in
1977.
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