DYK - Virgin Islands

[mcgillianaire]

"On both the British and the U.S. Virgin Islands, vehicles are driven on the left-hand side of the road, yet most cars on the islands have their steering wheels on the left side. Also on both the British and the U.S. Virgin Islands the United States dollar is the official currency." -Wikipedia


Traffic Directionality: RED = Countries that drive on the right, BLUE = Left-lane drivers

Comments

[loganberrybunny.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. It's mainly RHD in the Commonwealth, and LHD elsewhere, with a few interesting exceptions. Canada is fairly obvious, but I wonder why Suriname didn't change over to LHD when Portugal did in the 1920s. Japan being RHD I knew about, but Indonesia I didn't. With the exception of the British Indian Ocean Territory (which is more or less American-controlled anyway...) I think all the Commonwealth countries (other than Canada) that are LHD are in West Africa.

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

>I wonder why Suriname didn't change over to LHD when Portugal did in the 1920s
? Suriname was a Dutch territory...

[loganberrybunny.livejournal.com]

*Blinks* So it was: I have no idea where I got Portugal from. Mind you, that makes it even odder, since the Netherlands has always been LHD.

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

Good point! Hmm, I wonder what went "wrong" there!

[messicat.livejournal.com]

Wow, us RHD countries are sure in the minority. I can't imagine driving any other way! Funnily enough, all the countries I want to live in are RHD. And the ones I want to vist the most are also RHD.