Ireland is debating switching the side of the road that they drive on:
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland should consider giving up driving on the left to reduce accidents by foreigners accustomed to right side motoring, a senior politician said Friday.
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Ireland's economic growth over the past decade has attracted tens of thousands of workers especially from central and eastern European countries. It is also a popular tourist destination for visitors from the United States.
"We have all of these people coming in from Europe and from America and (because of) the roads that they are used to driving on in their own countries it is a huge difficulty when they start driving here," Cassidy told public broadcaster RTE.
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I wonder how bad the accident problem is...
16 years
"We have all of these people coming in from Europe and from America and (because of) the roads that they are used to driving on in their own countries it is a huge difficulty when they start driving here,"
What about all these people coming in from UK???;)
(In case you suggest that Britain should also change: What do Britons do when a system changes, eg degF to degC? Some people change, others refuse to change. That would happen on the roads...:eek: :D )
16 years
Some people change, others refuse to change. That would happen on the roads...:eek: :D )[/I]
No kidding: that´s exactly what happened in Austria in the 30ies. Some provinces were left-driving, others right-driving. The province of Salzburg was split, with some towns driving left and others right.
Austria´s railway system is still split between left-track and right-track-driving lines.
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