Stockholm, 1966

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 02/15/2016 at 13:31 • Filed to: dagen h

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This photo was taken a year before !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (H Day, or Högertrafikomläggningen , “The right-hand traffic diversion”), when Sweden, along with Iceland, made the switch from driving on the left to driving on the right to bring the countries in line with their European neighbors. Apparently, the switch wasn’t entirely smooth. The photo below was taken on Sunday, September 3, 1967, the day of the Högertrafikomläggningen.

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 02/15/2016 at 14:16

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Worth it to gain further distance from the Anglos

Gated Manual > ttyymmnn 02/15/2016 at 14:21

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Its interesting they drove left-hand drive cars on the left side. Here’s a video:

ttyymmnn > For Sweden 02/15/2016 at 14:27

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So, who is still driving on the left? England, NZ, Australia, Japan. Anybody else? What about South Africa?

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 02/15/2016 at 14:29

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Just the blue areas; commonly known as the Axis of Evil

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > ttyymmnn 02/15/2016 at 15:21

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The best thing about the whole thing is that they made all cars with a plates ending in odd numbers switch on saturday, while they had the cars with plates ending in even numbers switch on sunday.

ttyymmnn > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 02/15/2016 at 16:02

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I read that travel was restricted on the first day. I’m also assuming that if you had an odd plate you were not allowed to drive on Sunday, and vice versa?

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > ttyymmnn 02/15/2016 at 16:22

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I was just having a laugh really. But there were some restrictions yes, don’t recall what they were though.

Cé hé sin > ttyymmnn 02/18/2016 at 11:50

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Lots of us!

Samoa joined the club a few years ago.

Cé hé sin > Gated Manual 02/18/2016 at 11:53

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That’s one of the reasons they made the change. People had for some reason been buying lhd cars, possibly in anticipation of a change.

Buses were however rhd with doors on the left so they had to be converted or exported to various African countries.