Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 21:36:55 GMT From: hohnospamlid.invalid (Goran Larsson) Subject: Re: REPOST: Vintage SAAB Quiz: What's wrong with this picture?
In article <BE5FB574.139DE%pjghnospamyonder.co.uk>, Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> wrote: > How was the swap over to driving of the RHS of the road done? I was only 8 years old at the time, but this is how I remember it. > Was there a > specific time on a specific day when people swapped over? Yes. There was several hours of non-traffic time for private cars during the night of the left-to-right conversion. Commercial traffic could drive, but had to stop some time before the change -- drive very carefully to the other side -- stop for some time -- go on driving. > What if you were > driving on the right/wrong side at that time? You had to stop well before the changeover time. > How did the road signs get > dealt with? New (covered) signs were put up for quite some time before the changeover. Changes were also made to highway enter/exit ramps, traffic lights etc. During the night of the changeover the covers were removed from the new signs and the old signs were covered. -- G–ran Larsson http://www.nospam.com/saab/