Irish holidaymakers are used to the fact that they have to negotiate the strange phenomenon of driving on the wrong side of the road when they usually go abroad since most of the near continent are right-hand drive, as is north and most of Central and South America. Like all things in life, it’s an experience that you get used to in time with the result that one easily switches mode when the need arises and you need to hire a car in a foreign country. What’s more surprising though is the fact that so many countries around the world still actually drive on the left — just like us. Any educated guesses as to how many? Five, perhaps? Ten?
Would you believe that there are actually 65 sovereign states located around the world that still drive on the left. Some like Japan, are reasonably well known. But there’s a whole slew of others in the Far East, the Caribbean, Africa, the South Pacific and Central and South America that might surprise — along with a few a little closer to home. Don’t look yet and see how many you can correctly guess? Of course the even more interesting story is how driving on the right or the left first occurred but that’s for another day!
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bophuthatswana
Botswana
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Cayman Islands
Channel Islands
Ciskei
Cyprus
Dominica
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Grenada
Guyana
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Lesotho
Macau
Malawi
Malaysia
Malta
Mauritius
Montserrat
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
New Zealand
Pakistan
Papua
New Guinea
St. Vincent and Grenadines
Seychelles
Sikkim
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
St Kitts and Nevis
St. Helena
St. Lucia
Surinam
Swaziland
Tanzania
Thailand
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda
United Kingdom
US Virgin Islands
Venda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
