[BOUNCE triumphs@Autox.Team.Net: Non-member submission from [Trevor Jordan
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Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 10:46:21 +1000
From: Trevor Jordan <tjordan@pa.ausom.net.au>
Subject: Re: Today in History (no LBC)
At 5:10 +1000 4/9/97, Warren Allen wrote:
> In the newspaper today, I noticed that on this day
> (September 3) in 1967, Sweden converted from driving on the
> left hand side of the road to driving on the right. I bet
> that was interesting! Any of you Swedes remember going
> through that? Any good stories to tell?
As I recall, the interesting thing about Sweden is that although they drove
on the left-hand side of the road, they had LHD cars. That must have been
unique in the world. It would also have made the conversion easier.
Perhaps someone can explain.
Trevor Jordan
TR6 CF29281U (was LHD, now RHD)
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