Rick,
The Irish tried it like that in the 50's and it didn't work worth a hoot!
Cheers, "Bob".
> From: rfeibusch@loop.com (Richard Feibusch)
> Reply-To: rfeibusch@loop.com (Richard Feibusch)
> Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 13:00:01 -0700 (PDT)
> To: British-cars@autox.team.net
> Cc: Riley@autox.team.net, british-cars-pre-war@autox.team.net,
> morris@autox.team.net, chapman-era@autox.team.net, mg-t@autox.team.net
> Subject: England Changing???
>
> Dateline London
>
> They've announced that the United Kingdom is considering switching to
> driving on the right to bring the country in line with the rest of the
> world.
>
> It seems like a reasonable idea. Sweden did the same thing in the
> '60s. One morning, new street signs appeared on the back side of the
> old ones, everybody drove to work on the other side of the street, and
> only moderate chaos was reported.
>
> The UK announcement was: "to avoid confusion, the government will
> implement the switch in stages, with trucks and buses the first week,
> SUVs and sedans in week two and motorcycles and bicycles in the third
> week."
>
> Rick Feibusch
> Venice, CA
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