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[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (6 children)

don’t kiwis drive on the other side?

[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

We drive on the right side of the road, the left side

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

lololol touché - I can hear the queen’s tongue rolling off this sentence. guess it all depends who were our colonizers.

apparently 165 countries drive right hand side, about 75 on the other.

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

but yea aren’t kiwi steering wheels on the right? the pic is on the left - when I rented a car there took me like 30 minutes to actually lock in the swap mentally

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 2 points 3 months ago

Yep, except for example some imported American classic cars, which are pretty rare.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 1 points 3 months ago

Drivers sit on the side of the car closest to the center of the road... so the other side to that of the road driven on.

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