RE: [MV] Sweden/Norway

From: Bjorn Brandstedt (super_deuce@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Mar 19 2005 - 04:12:17 PST


I heard that the main reason for switching sides in Sweden were all those
Norwegiens who didn't bother changing side when crossing the border...:-)

Bjorn

>From: Andrew Legget <aleg@pc.nu>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: [MV] Sweden/Norway
>Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 12:41:03 +0100
>
>Sweden:
>
>Sweden drove on the left until sept 3rd 1967, at 05.00 in the morning. The
>first week there was a general speed limit of 50 km/h. And the expected
>massacre never happened. It might have been a different story if the
>suggestion by one member of parliament hade been acted on. He wanted a
>gradual change, with trucks and buses changing over one week before cars...
>
>The strange thing is, that even with the left-side driving, cars with
>right-hand steering wheel were rare exceptiions. The norm was always
>left-side steering-wheel, with the execption of buses, even though they
>ususally had the entry door so far back that there would easily have been
>room for the driver on the left.
>
>
>Norway:
>It doesn't matter, a Norwegian can always overtake you, no matter how
>narrow
>the road is! The never slow down for anything, even though it is common to
>find cows, sheep, horses or goats wandering about or sleeping even on major
>roads.
>
>\\Bengt-Å Johansson
>
>
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