Swedish True Story
- Fact
- The swedes used to drive on the wrong side of the road (or rather, they used to drive on the left side like they do in the UK, Australia, Japan etc.). However, unlike the brits, the swedes always sat on the left side of the car when driving. So they really were on the wrong side of the road. Or the wrong side of the car, whichever way you look at it.
- Fact
- They changed this habit somewhere in the early seventies or maybe late sixties. Today they sit on the left and drive on the right.
- Fiction?
- When they changed over, to make it easier, they did so in two steps. One weekend all the HGV (lorries, busses etc.) changed over. The next week-end, the rest of the traffic changed over.
PS: No offense intended to any swedes. No swedes were harmed in writing this. I have the utmost respect for all swedes, except maybe your king. But then again, I have little respect for our king either. Maybe I am not a very respectful person. --Morten
Is it a trick page? I can't get what it has to do with go... :(
Thad: I think it's a dumb blonde joke.
Zarlan: No it's, as it says, true stories. Although Swedes and Norwegians do love to make jokes about each other. Read the User Created Go Slang page and you will understand.
Wikipedia's page on the topic ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen_H) doesn't mention anything of the sort:
"On Dagen H, Sunday, September 3rd, all non-essential traffic was banned from the roads from 01:00 to 06:00. Any vehicles on the roads during that time had to follow special rules. All vehicles had to come to a complete stop at 04:50, then carefully change to the right-hand side of the road and stop again before being allowed to proceed at 05:00."
Buses did have to be refitted to have doors on both sides, though