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<blockquote data-quote="HantsUK" data-source="post: 75982203" data-attributes="member: 252008"><p>I think it's very unlikely that the UK or Ireland will ever change which side we drive on. Being surrounded by water means that there are no roads that cross borders with countries that drive on the wrong side.</p><p></p><p>It would be almost impossible to do. Almost every road sign would need changing. Junction geometries are designed for a particular side. Some motorways and dual carriageways have limited interchanges, and so would be completely wrong if you changed sides. Then there is the safety aspect. It's one thing to drive on the other side in a different country. But to swap to driving and cycling on the 'wrong' side after a life time of doing it on the left would be very dangerous and lead to accidents. And all our vehicles are right hand drive.</p><p></p><p>It's a good job that countries like France and Belgium (or most other similar neighbouring countries with porous borders) drive on the same side.</p><p></p><p>Example below of a road bordering France and Belgium. Here, the border runs along the road for a short distance, with Belgium (correction not France) on the left. It would be interesting if French drivers drove on the left and while Belgium drivers drove on the right!</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@49.5024139,5.4801222,3a,75y,323.59h,87.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWqkiFW6_H8OhOQqVdXDKyg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?ucbcb=1" target="_blank">Google Maps</a></p><p></p><p>(This would be an interesting house, for Covid restriction: walk out the back door - French rules. Leave by the front door and have Belgium rules.)</p><p></p><p>The border between Belgium and the Netherlands is even more 'interesting'. These borders often zigzag, and have no border signs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HantsUK, post: 75982203, member: 252008"] I think it's very unlikely that the UK or Ireland will ever change which side we drive on. Being surrounded by water means that there are no roads that cross borders with countries that drive on the wrong side. It would be almost impossible to do. Almost every road sign would need changing. Junction geometries are designed for a particular side. Some motorways and dual carriageways have limited interchanges, and so would be completely wrong if you changed sides. Then there is the safety aspect. It's one thing to drive on the other side in a different country. But to swap to driving and cycling on the 'wrong' side after a life time of doing it on the left would be very dangerous and lead to accidents. And all our vehicles are right hand drive. It's a good job that countries like France and Belgium (or most other similar neighbouring countries with porous borders) drive on the same side. Example below of a road bordering France and Belgium. Here, the border runs along the road for a short distance, with Belgium (correction not France) on the left. It would be interesting if French drivers drove on the left and while Belgium drivers drove on the right! [URL='https://www.google.com/maps/@49.5024139,5.4801222,3a,75y,323.59h,87.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWqkiFW6_H8OhOQqVdXDKyg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?ucbcb=1']Google Maps[/URL] (This would be an interesting house, for Covid restriction: walk out the back door - French rules. Leave by the front door and have Belgium rules.) The border between Belgium and the Netherlands is even more 'interesting'. These borders often zigzag, and have no border signs. [/QUOTE]
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