Re: Left vs Right hand side driving (Was Australian trolleybuses??? )

["Exnarc" <gwrly@netspace.net.au>]

Chris Brownbill <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au> wrote in message
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> Dave McL wrote:
>
> > There is also a nice modern trolleybus system in Tehran in Iran, opened
> > in 1992. Again I don't know what side of the road Iran drives on.
> >
>
> The best reference for which side of the road countries drive on is the
Thomas
> Cook International Timetable.  There are some fascinating anomolies - why
for
> example do Mauritania and Venezuela drive on the Left when neighbouring
> countries are on the right?  (PS I realise that Guyana also drives on the
Left).
>
> This leads to a question - what happens at international borders where the
rules
> change from one side to the other?  Is there a flyover?  Maybe traffic
lights
> control a 'Change sides now' intersection?
>
> What about a trivia question -  Which is the only country which drives on
BOTH
> sides of the road (in different provinces)?

The Falkland Islands changed from left to right side driving for a short
time during 1982, they changed back a few weeks later for some reason?<g>

Bob.