What countries are driver seats on the right?

Where Do People Use Right-Hand Drive?

• Right-hand drive cars are available in the United States.
• Australia and New Zealand use right-hand drive cars.
• The island nations of the Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman and the Falkland.
• Fiji drivers use right-hand drive.
• India, Japan, Cyprus, South Africa, and Malta.

Why do all countries not drive on the same side of the road?

The practice is believed to date back to ancient Rome. Romans steered their carts and chariots with the left hand, to free up the right so they could use weapons to defend against enemy attacks. This carried over into medieval Europe and in 1773, the British government passed measures to make left-hand traffic the law.

How many countries in the world drive on the left side of the road?

A total of 78 countries and territories drive on the left. About one-quarter of all of the world’s roads and about 35\% of the world’s population drive on the road’s left side.

Why do some countries drive on the left and others on the right?

In the past, almost everybody travelled on the left side of the road because that was the most sensible option for feudal, violent societies. Since most people are right-handed, swordsmen preferred to keep to the left in order to have their right arm nearer to an opponent and their scabbard further from him.

Which countries drive on the right side?

Europe generally drives on the right hand side apart from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta and Cyprus. Guyana (formerly a British colony) is the only country in South America to drive on the left. The other two thirds of the countries in the world drive on the right including the USA, China and Russia.

How many countries drive on right?

The 2 main numbers on the map should be inverted: as Wikipedia states, 163 countries and territories drive on the right (mainland Europe & Co), and 76 on the left (UK and such).

Does Canada Drive on the left?

Actually, driving on the left occurred in both Canada AND the United States, before states and provinces agreed on what side should be preferred. In Ontario and Quebec, (as well as Manitoba and Saskatchewan ), which comprises the majority of the country’s people (and cars), they always drove on the right.